Hand Therapy Secrets | Helping Occupational Therapist Become Experts
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Case Discussion | Persistent Hand Pain, Numbness & Weakness
How to Know If You’re Ready for the CHT Exam
You Don't Need to Fear Treating Flexor Tendon Repairs (Here's Where to Start)
Don't Let Flexor Tendon Protocols Confuse You (Simplified for Hand Therapists)
The 3 Mistakes Hand Therapists Make with Finger Fractures
Treating Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain | What Most Hand Therapists Get Wrong
Don't Let Flexor Tendon Questions Ruin Your CHT Exam Score
Distal Radius Rehab: What They Don't Teach You in School
SL Ligament Injury | The Clinical Reasoning Behind Evaluation and Treatment
Distal Radius Fractures | The Healing Timeline Every Therapist Needs to Know
Phalanx Fracture with Pins | What Every Therapist Needs to Know Before Treating
3 Things Every Therapist Should Address After Dupuytren's Release
Treating Distal Radius Fractures | Anatomy, Stiffness & Recovery
The Step-By-Step Plan I'd Follow to Get Into Hand Therapy
Here's How to Study Wrist Fractures on the CHT Exam
The Real Reason You Don't Feel Confident as a Hand Therapist
When a Patient Case Doesn't Make Sense — Use This Framework
Thinking about becoming an Occupational Therapist? Don't miss this specialty
Why Your Carpal Tunnel Treatments Aren't Working (here's what to do)
The First Decision Every Future CHT Must Make | How to Start Your CHT Journey
Nerve Injuries | The Framework That Makes Them Easier to Treat
Stop Struggling With Your Cases | The 2 Frameworks Every Therapist Needs
Finger Amputation? What Every Hand Therapist NEEDS to Know
Can a COTA Become a Hand Therapist?... Here's the Reality
What to Say When Your Patient Pushes Back || Wrist Ligament Breakdown
You Don't Need a Formal Program to Become a CHT (here's what you actually need)
Your Shoulder Patients Aren't Getting Better | What You Need to Do
School Didn't Teach You Hand Therapy (Here's What to Do)
You Don't Need to be a Shoulder Expert to Help Your Patients | Start Here
Should OTs Take Spine Courses? It Depends On This...
I Was Terrified to Treat Shoulders | Here's What Finally Made It Click
CHT Exam Prep | How to Structure Your Study Material
Your Lateral Epicondylitis Patients Are Stuck (here's why)
The BEST Place to Start in Hand Therapy (and where you should think twice)
Elbow Fractures on the CHT | What the Exam Actually Tests
Don't Take A Hand Therapy Job Until You Ask THESE Questions
How to Get Better Results For Your Patients (Especially If They're Not Progressing)
If your patient isn't progressing, check yourself before you check them. You can't control what they do, but you can control what YOU do.
Your First Year As A Hand Therapist? Here's What to Expect
Your first year in hand therapy will feel hard — but that's normal. Let's break down what you should expect and what you should be doing.
Treatment for Lateral Epicondylitis | What Your Textbook Doesn't Teach
Your textbook doesn't teach you everything. Oftentimes, you'll end up learning on the job. That's why I decided to break down exactly what school didn't teach you about lateral epicondylitis.
Hand Therapy Skills You Can Build Right Now (Without the Hand Therapy Job)
You don't need to wait for an offer to get started on learning hand therapy, let me tell you how you can get started.
Orthosis Fabrication Isn't Complicated... You're Just Missing These 3 Things
Splinting doesn't need to be hard all the time... so how can you get it to be easier? Here are some tips.
Are You Studying for the CHT Exam the Wrong Way? (Most OTs Are)
How do you know if you're studying for the CHT exam correctly? I'll break down how you should be studying so you can make sure you pass.
The Skill That Separates Good Hand Therapists From Great Ones (And Why Everyone Avoids It)
Orthosis is an important skill to have as a therapist, so let's discuss why.
The Real Reason Smart Therapists Don't Pass the CHT Exam (and how to not be one of them)
Being smart doesn't give you a guaranteed pass on the CHT exam. Let's talk about the 3 things I keep seeing, that causes therapists to fail the exam.
Potential Patient Says Your Price is Too High? Here's What to Say
Your rates are your rates, here's what you can say in response to someone who is trying to negotiate your therapy prices.
Therapy or Surgery? When Conservative Therapy Isn’t Enough for Trigger Thumbs
How do you know when someone needs surgery and when someone can do therapy? Let's talk about it.
The Truth About Growing Your Therapy Business | What Works and What’s Noise
What am I ACTUALLY doing on my day-to-day basis as a clinic owner?
Protect Your Hands, Save Your Thumbs | Manual Therapy Tips
Your hands shouldn't be hurting after working with your patients. Here are a couple tips on how to better your techniques so you can sustainably do therapy.
Hiring For Growth | How I’m Building My Therapist Team and What I'm Learning
Growing my clinic is not easy, but the payoff is worth it in the end. Here are some things I've learned while running my clinic, and how I'm building up my team.
Post-Fracture Thumb Stiffness | What You Should Do As a Therapist
What to look at and think about when working with post-fracture thumb stiffness.