3 Edema Reduction Techniques A Biologic Rationale for Selection Sandra M. Artzberger Editor’s Note: Before the importance of Sandra Artzberger’s work on the treatment of edema was recognized, the edema…
4 Tissue-Specific Exercises for the Upper Extremity Lori Falkel Acknowledgments I would like to give special thanks to Ola Grimsby and the Ola Grimsby Institute for the invaluable education I…
13 Fundamentals of Client-Therapist Rapport Teri Britt Pipe Importance of the Therapeutic Relationship Holistic, client-focused care is a unifying goal among client care professionals. Holistic care involves viewing clients as…
40 The Neurological Hand Gillian Porter and Lara Taggart The neurological hand can be complex. Motor and sensory impairments, spasticity/hypertonicity, learned disuse/nonuse, and perceptual issues make rehabilitation of this hand…
20 Yoga Therapeutics A Biopsychosocial Approach Matthew J. Taylor, Ranay Yarian and Cynthia Cooper Yoga Therapeutics “Down-dog for my hand patients?… You don’t know my patients!” That’s the usual response…
19 Applying Pilates Concepts to Hand Therapy Connecting through the Hand∗ Brenda Nealy and Cynthia Cooper Pilates Principles A primary goal of the Pilates Method is to create a connection…
14 How Hand Therapists’ Words Affect the Therapeutic Relationship William S. Graff Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Remember that little ditty from…
12 Perspectives on Pain Jeffrey Cowdry Pain is common to most of the patients that we treat. It is easy to develop a calloused attitude toward pain when you treat…
18 Using Dance in Hand Therapy Marietta Tartaglia Long before the dawn of history, long before man could sing or even speak, he danced. Moving to his own internal rhythms,…
17 Personality Type and Patient Education in Hand Therapy∗ Joel Moorhead, Cynthia Cooper and Patricia Moorhead The MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary defines “personality” as “the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an…
