Members in the News
Posted on July 29, 2014
ASHT member and Practice Standards Commission Chair Karol Young was recently featured on WLOS 13 News in North Carolina, discussing the benefits of hand therapy. July 21, 2014 From WLOS 13 Arthritis of the hands affects millions of people and many of them can't or don't want to take medication for…
Posted on April 02, 2014
April 2, 2014 -- ASHT Vice President Barbara Winthrop joined other occupational therapy advocates to spend an exciting day on Capitol Hill shaping the future of the profession as part of the AOTA Pre-Conference Institute, "Hands on Advocacy: A Visit to Capitol Hill." The day included advocacy…
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…