Hand Therapy News

GIVE THEM A HAND; THERAPISTS BRING SPECIALIZED HAND THERAPY SERVICES TO OSWEGO.(Neighbors Oswego)
Byline: Editorial assistant Brenda Duncan Editorial assistant Brenda Duncan recently interviewed Carl Petitto, who owns Adirondack Physical & Occupational Therapy LLC with William Pena. The company has offices in Watertown, Canton and Colton and recently opened a new office in Oswego. Name: Carl Publication: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: ASHT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HAND THERAPISTS
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- The trademark ASHT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HAND THERAPISTS (Reg. No. 3870904) was issued on Nov. 2 by the USPTO. Owner: American Society of Hand Therapists CORPORATION PENNSYLVANIA Suite C 15000 Commerce Parkway Mt. Laurel NEW JERSEY 08054. The trademark application serial Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

The MWW Group Wins Projects with Validata, Inc. and The American Society of Hand Therapists; MWW to Provide Strategic Counsel on Illinois Deregulation Study for Validata And Public Affairs Audit for American Society of Hand Therapists.
CHICAGO -- Further bolstering its consumer education and public affairs practices, The MWW Group (httpwww.mwwpr.com/) one of the nation's top 20 public relations firms, today announced the addition of two new projects to its Chicago office. MWW will provide consultation to Validata, Inc., in Publication: PR Newswire

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HAND THERAPISTS
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- The trademark AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HAND THERAPISTS (Reg. No. 3977089) was issued on June 14 by the USPTO. Owner: American Society of Hand Therapists CORPORATION PENNSYLVANIA Suite C 15000 Commerce Parkway Mount Laurel NEW JERSEY 08054. The trademark application serial Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

Campaign: Consumer alerts help raise profile of hand therapists - ASHT.(Brief article)
PR TEAM: MWW Group (Chicago) and American Society of Hand Therapists (Chicago) CAMPAIGN: Blackberry Thumb and iPod Finger DURATION: 2005 BUDGET: In excess of dollars 50,000 STRATEGY MWW Group had previously issued consumer alerts about the effect of excessive video game playing on the hands. 'The Publication: PR Week (US)

Helping handsFor hand therapist, positive approach is way to healing
Her hands, positioned on either side of his biceps, squeezed the muscles, nerves and ligaments underneath Warren Swenson's red, plaid, flannel shirt.Nancy Hunt used her hands to help him regain use of his left hand and arm. His arm was so swollen due to lymphedema, which causes the body's lymphatic Publication: The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)

JANET LISAK // Hand therapist
As an occupational therapist, she narrowed her speciality and became a certified hand therapist. Currently, she's clinical manager of hand therapy at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she has worked for five years. Her career route from college to the present was carefully researched, she Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

IRG hires Walker.(Keeping Up With People)(Integrated Rehabilitation Group has hired Lisa Walker as its newest hand therapist)(Brief Article)
Integrated Rehabilitation Group has hired Lisa Walker as its newest hand therapist. Walker will work at Snohomish Physical Therapy a subsidiary of IRG. She has a master's degree in occupational therapy from the University of Washington. Her strength is in correcting trauma disorders, relieving Publication: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Hand Surgeons and Therapists Gather From Around the Globe to Hear From Jefferson and Other Specialists on How to Get a `Handle' On Hand and Wrist Injuries.
Nearly 1,000 hand surgeons and physical and occupational therapists are expected to attend two major hand symposia being held March 6 to 9 in Philadelphia, featuring talks on OSHA regulations on ergonomics, carpal tunnel wrist fracture and ligament injury, and hand replantation. EVENT: Nearly 1,000 Publication: PR Newswire

HAND HELPER | THERAPIST MAKES IT HER BUSINESS TO GET OTHERS BACK TO WORK
Brushing teeth. Driving a car. Using a computer. All these routine daily tasks require the complicated coordination of two appendages we often take for granted: our hands. These tasks would be much more difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish without our hands. Yet people don't take the proper Publication: The Herald News - Joliet (IL)