Ability Hand to Shoulder Rehabilitation

Ability Hand to Shoulder Rehabilitation Ability Hand to Shoulder Rehabilitation is a privately owned, outpatient occupational therapy clinic

06/05/2025

Hand Therapy Week day 3️⃣! Today’s challenge was creating a sculpture out of theraputty. What’s your favorite? The pickle jar, thumbs up, or ✌️? So many great options to choose from 😆

Theraputty is a great tool that we use for hand strengthening! You can target specific muscles, roll it out to help with scar tissue, and use it to regain function in your hands.

It’s day ✌️ of hand therapy week AND World Bicycle Day!  We are bringing awareness to cyclist’s palsy, a condition we co...
06/03/2025

It’s day ✌️ of hand therapy week AND World Bicycle Day! We are bringing awareness to cyclist’s palsy, a condition we commonly treat in hand therapy.

Cyclist’s palsy is numbness and tingling in your small and ring fingers and can be caused by pressure through the base of your hand from handlebars. This area houses Guyon’s Canal, which is a small passageway for your ulnar nerve.

It is very treatable with the correct orthosis, exercises, and sometimes taping. We can also educate you on the proper body mechanics for biking to limit the amount of pressure placed on this area of your hand.

Send us a message if you have any questions! We would love to help you keep biking AND be able to feel all of your fingers 😊👍🚴‍♂️

Happy Hand Therapy Week…our favorite week of the year!  We are kicking off day 1 with a friendly grip strength competiti...
06/02/2025

Happy Hand Therapy Week…our favorite week of the year! We are kicking off day 1 with a friendly grip strength competition 🙌

How good is YOUR grip strength? If it’s not so great after an injury, surgery, or conditions like arthritis…we can help!

Spoiler…Abe won 🖐️
Makenzi: 59
Autumn: 80
Emily: 64
Laura: 62
Abe: 101

We are SO excited to officially welcome Autumn Bishop, OTR/L to our Ability team!  Many of you have already had the plea...
03/12/2025

We are SO excited to officially welcome Autumn Bishop, OTR/L to our Ability team! Many of you have already had the pleasure of working with Autumn and can attest to her awesomeness 😊 We are grateful to be growing and better able to meet the upper extremity rehabilitation needs of our community!

Thank you CHS art students!  We love our festive, injured snowmen! 😂
12/09/2024

Thank you CHS art students! We love our festive, injured snowmen! 😂

We’ll help you find a way!  Finger injuries can leave you without the motion/strength needed for your hobbies or daily t...
11/16/2024

We’ll help you find a way!

Finger injuries can leave you without the motion/strength needed for your hobbies or daily tasks. We do our best to help you get it back, but sometimes that isn’t possible. This client wanted to take up playing the violin but didn’t have enough motion/strength at the tip of her finger. We made this splint to make it possible again ❤️ 🖐️ 🎻

Today marks 3 whole years with Makenzi at Ability!  To say we are blessed to have her is an understatement.  If you’ve b...
06/10/2024

Today marks 3 whole years with Makenzi at Ability! To say we are blessed to have her is an understatement. If you’ve benefited from her expertise, knowledge, kindness, humor, or any of her other amazing qualities …give her a shout out!

We love the Adjust NRV Team!  What a sweet gesture to celebrate hand therapy week 🥰.  And would you look at that pun??? ...
06/07/2024

We love the Adjust NRV Team! What a sweet gesture to celebrate hand therapy week 🥰. And would you look at that pun??? Clever. Just Clever 😂

Happy hand therapy week!  Poor positioning after a fracture or surgery can have lifelong effects.  Unfortunately, we see...
06/05/2024

Happy hand therapy week! Poor positioning after a fracture or surgery can have lifelong effects. Unfortunately, we see this a lot. A cast that was at the wrong angle, prefab orthotics that didn’t fit correctly, or just the wrong splint altogether! When clients come to Ability after surgeries or fractures, we make custom orthotics that place them in positions that will help them regain their motion later. Each joint is intentionally positioned to allow for healing while minimizing unnecessary tightness!

Address

107 North Franklin Street STE A
Christiansburg, VA
24073

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+15402513423

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Ability

At Ability, we are passionate about providing the highest level of care to our clients. Our top priority is helping you achieve the best possible outcomes so that you are able to return to the activities that are most important to you. When you have a broken bone, a ruptured tendon, or pain in one of your arms, it can be very difficult to do things like work, play, sleep, cook, or drive. Under the care of a highly skilled occupational therapist, these activities can become possible again!

Laura is the owner and occupational therapist at Ability. She is an occupational therapist with 15 years of clinical experience and a faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Radford University. Laura has a Masters of Occupational Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.