Why Certified Hand Therapy?
Raven Hill Integrated Therapies, LLC is the only rehabilitation practice on the Down East coast, including all of Waldo, Hancock and Washington counties, which provides Certified Hand Therapy. Certified Hand Therapists (CHTs) are the acknowledged experts in rehabilitative care of pathological conditions affecting the body’s upper quarter. Many orthopedic surgeons insist that their patients be treated by certified hand therapists following surgery. Becoming a certified hand therapist is completely voluntary, and normally involves considerable investment in time and expense on the part of the therapist. Designation as a CHT requires an occupational therapist to have been in practice for at minimum of five years, and to have amassed at least 4,000 hours of direct patient care of the upper body. The candidate must then sit for a challenging written examination which establishes the therapist’s mastery of the latest techniques of upper quarter rehabilitation. If the therapist is successful
