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...
Members in the News
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...
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...
January 6, 2013
Lindsay Ess was just 24 years old when an infection forced doctors to amputate her hands and feet. Four years later, she underwent a double hand transplant. Her story was recently featured on ABC's "Nightline." ASHT member Gayle Severance, who also serves on the ASHT International Committee, is...
December 4, 2012
ASHT member Joanne Smith, OT, CHT, recently spent two weeks in Uganda, sharing her knowledge in the country's largest hospital. Helping hands around the world Burnaby resident travels to Uganda to help poverty-stricken patients By Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now November 30, 2012 (Photo by Jennifer...