Members in the News
Posted on March 26, 2014
A tool designed by a local therapist to assist those with the use of only one hand has been selected as a Good Practice in the International Design for All Foundation Awards 2014. ASHT member Sara D. Uhrig, OTR/L, CHT, a licensed and certified hand therapist from Tequesta, FL, invented the One-…
Posted on February 09, 2014
ASHT member and International Committee volunteer, Gayle Severance, was recently featured in a HealthDay News piece about a Danish man who can now "feel" using a prosthetic hand after losing his hand in an accident 10 years ago.. Amputee 'Feels' Objects With Prosthetic Hand Computer-assisted…
Posted on November 13, 2013
CNN Money has ranked hand therapist as the 13th best job in America: Median pay: $83,700 Top pay: $102,000 10-year job growth: 39% Total jobs*: 198,600 What they do all day? Got carpal tunnel syndrome, a hand injury, or arthritis in your shoulder? Hand therapists can help you regain mobility and…
Posted on September 15, 2013
The Year Book of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, published by Elsevier, is an annual publication with abstracts of articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in hand surgery and hand therapy. Articles are carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide, with expert…
Posted on September 11, 2013
On Sunday, Sept. 8, ASHT member Mary Oswald's clinic, San Juan Hand Therapy, was featured on "TechKNOW," a national television program. Easton LaChappelle, a local high school student, is developing an affordable robotic arm for amputees. Crews filmed for more than six hours at the clinic about a…