Members in the News

Posted on April 02, 2012

ASHT member Debbie Phibbs, a certified hand therapist with Arlington Physical and Hand Therapy in Arlington, is all too familiar with the chronic injuries that can take place in an office environment. She was recently featured in Herald Business Journal article on preventing chronic workplace pains…

Posted on February 18, 2012

At 90 years old, Evelyn Mackin has the rare pleasure of seeing her life’s work continue to grow and reach new heights. Now retired as a resident of Friends Village [in Woodstown, N.J.], Mackin worked alongside talented physical therapists and surgeons to develop hand therapy as a specialty. She…

Posted on February 16, 2012

For Ed Keeling, recycling is about more than improving the environment – it’s an opportunity to help people in need. Keeling, of The Highlands, and his wife, Catherine Cambridge, recently delivered a U-Haul truck full of crutches, walkers and wheel chairs to a Pittsburgh charity that will deliver…

Posted on February 16, 2012

Sue Michlovitz, ASHT Vice President is in the news. Read full story Barbara Winthrop Rose, ASHT Board Member-at-Large is in the news. Read full story

Posted on February 16, 2012

The Society for Hand Therapy, India (ISHT) held its first National Hand Therapy Conference, December 3-5 in Mumbai, India. US hand therapist, Manisha Sharma, OTR/L, CHT presented a device to treat finger fractures.