ABOUT ABLE HANDS REHABILITATION
We are highly specialized in taking care of all hand injuries and impairments. We evaluate hand injuries and surgery patients together after video-conferencing and come up with a treatment plan that includes the use of all modalities of professional hand therapy such as paraffin wax, hot-cold packs, ultrasound, NMES (electrical stimulation).
Our plan for hand injury treatment also consists of manual therapy techniques, edema control techniques, scar management techniques and regaining range of motion with exercises, and static or dynamic custom splinting programs.
Hand pain therapy interventions as above are constantly changing as per your progress and the timing of these changes is critical in regaining full hand functions. Keeping pleasant and friendly surroundings in our offices is a magic that we have in our practices!
Our certified and professional hand therapists are friendly and make personal bonds with hand trauma patients. This bond of trust helps us and the patient go through all the hardships that come with hand injury treatment and hand stiffness treatment.
In essence, the ‘Certified Hand Therapist,’ or ‘CHT’ can be an Occupational Therapist or a Physical Therapist, who is licensed and a practicing therapist in the United States for more than five years with extensive hands-on experience of at least 4000 hours, in treating hand injuries and impairments. Our occupational therapists also specialize in wrist fracture treatments, trigger thumb treatment, and trigger finger therapy.
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Hand Therapist
When all the strict pre-conditions are met, the therapist then takes a difficult board examination conducted by Hand Therapy Certification Commission. Upon passing the test, the community has a new Certified Hand Therapist. He or she can then provide specialized Hand Therapy services to all patients with hand trauma or surgery and call themselves CHT’s.
CHT’s are always trusted and preferred by all Specialist Hand Surgeons (Plastic or Orthopedic), to take care of their post-surgical and post trauma hand patients. This trust develops due to our ability to give them excellent results and making their patients happy for regaining as much hand functions as possible.
We as human beings, interact with our environment through our hands and make things happen in our professional and personal life. Hands perform millions of functions for us every day without us even thinking about it!
It is exactly the reason why hands are so intricate and complicated.
Compromising the hand functions, due to injury or impairment, can reduce our interaction with the world significantly, affecting our psycho-social life. Loss of hand functions is a devastating blow to any human being and need to be taken seriously.
Certified Hand Therapist’s know how to take care of wounded and disabled hands in a very specialized and methodical way. The goal is to make hands better in function as well as in appearance.
CHT’s are always trusted and preferred by all Specialist Hand Surgeons (Plastic or Orthopedic), to take care of their post-surgical and post trauma hand patients. This trust develops due to our ability to give them excellent results and making their patients happy for regaining as much hand functions as possible.
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Our hands can be injured or impaired through many different ways. They can either get cut with knives/glass or sharp objects, bruised, crushed with fractures & lacerated with tendon-nerve injuries, open wounds, dislocations of any out of 28 joints in the hand due to falls and all kind of sports activities, esp. football and basketball as well as repetitive trauma disorders. Loss of hand functions can affect our lives significantly by reducing our interaction with our environment.
FOR INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS:
You can call us given number or send us email
Phone:
(732)-727-7333
Email:
info@ablehandsrehab.com
CERTIFIED HAND
THERAPIST (CHT)
“CHT” OR “Certified Hand Therapist”, can be a “Physical Therapist (PT-DPT)”, or an “Occupational Therapist (OT/OTR)”, with extensive hands-on experience of at least 4000 hours, in treating hand injuries and impairments. They also need to be Licensed Physical or Occupational Therapists, practicing in the United States for at least 5 years.
When all the stringent pre-conditions are met, the therapist will then need to take a Board Examination conducted by HTCC Board. Upon passing the test, the community has a new Certified Hand Therapist. He or she can then provide specialized Hand Therapy services to all patients with hand trauma or injury.
CERTIFIED HAND
THERAPIST (CHT)
“CHT” OR “Certified Hand Therapist”, can be a “Physical Therapist (PT-DPT)”, or an “Occupational Therapist (OT/OTR)”, with extensive hands-on experience of at least 4000 hours, in treating hand injuries and impairments. They also need to be Licensed Physical or Occupational Therapists, practicing in the United States for at least 5 years.
When all the stringent pre-conditions are met, the therapist will then need to take a Board Examination conducted by HTCC Board. Upon passing the test, the community has a new Certified Hand Therapist. He or she can then provide specialized Hand Therapy services to all patients with hand trauma or injury.
TESTIMONIALS
What They are Saying
In May 2020 my husband Youssef fell off a ladder, fell into our basement window and ripped his tricep. After surgery his doctor referred us to Able Hands Rehab with offices in three locations. From the moment I spoke to Mary, their office manager to when we went to their Old Bridge office and met Shirish and Minette Godbole, I really could not believe the care and consideration we got. All of the staff there are knowledgeable and helpful, answering all of our questions. We could not be happier with our experience at Able Hands Rehab. If your society (American Society of Hand Therapists) gave awards to therapists I would certainly nominate them!
I have been a patient of Minette Godbole and staff for nearly 6 months for therapy on my left hand following surgery. The compassion and talent of both Minette and Gabby B. are outstanding. From the start, Minette and Gabby created various splints to adjust to my needs at every moment of my therapy. Splints for daily and night time use not only physically gave me the support to reach my goal of 100% recovery, but they also gave me emotional support to know that my hand was protected as I progressed. The atmosphere that has been created at Able Hands is warm and welcoming, and, as a result, patients feel more like family with both the staff and each other. Overall, my experience at Able Hands Rehab has been both positive and memorable, and I would highly recommend them for your hand therapy needs.
Dear Minette and Gabby,
Thank you for your excellent treatments towards decreasing my RA symptom. Your knowledge, skills and professionalism have decreased my pain and increased the function of my hands & wrists.
Wishing you continued success.
I highly recommend Mahalia Ong and Able Hands in the Edison/ Old bridge location. She is a certified hand therapist. From the day I walked in, I received the best treatment and the highest level of individual attention. Mahalia reviews my progress regularly and makes recommendation for further improvements. She is very thorough and answers all the questions in details, making sure I understand everything. I also met Minette C. Godbole who was a pleasure to work with. She and Alyssa created two devices to helped me with my post recovery after surgery. They also recommend stretches and exercises to do at home, to expedite the recovery. Everyone is friendly and attentive. They treat you, like they would treat themselves.Their office spares no expense in getting the best and the latest treatment. I am so thankful for Mahalia and her customized, professional care.
This PT office and its team main goal is to provide the best care and best results! The facility clean and very well maintained. I look forward to each visit. The only regret I have is I did not switch therapist sooner. Love love folks!
The team at able hands has been excellent. There is individual attention and the therapy is constantly being reassessed based on the progress. Highly recommend.
The nicest staff I’ve ever met.
Excellent Service.