Prestige Hand & Physical Therapy, LLC

03/04/2026

Small movement. Big progress.

One of the most important early goals after an elbow injury or surgery is regaining the ability to bring your hand toward your body — especially hand-to-mouth movement for everyday tasks like eating, drinking, or brushing your teeth.

This activity combines elbow flexion with hand coordination using clothespins to add a grip challenge. It helps retrain the arm while building strength, control, and endurance in a safe, functional way.

Rehab is all about purposeful movement that translates to real life — and sometimes simple tools like clothespins can make a big difference.

At Prestige Hand & Physical Therapy, we focus on restoring the movements that matter most so our patients can get back to living fully.

Learn more:
www.prestigetherapykc.com

03/04/2026

Small movement. Big progress.

One of the most important early goals after an elbow injury or surgery is regaining the ability to bring your hand toward your body — especially hand-to-mouth movement for everyday tasks like eating, drinking, or brushing your teeth.

This activity combines elbow flexion with hand coordination using clothespins to add a grip challenge. It helps retrain the arm while building strength, control, and endurance in a safe, functional way.

Rehab is all about purposeful movement that translates to real life — and sometimes simple tools like clothespins can make a big difference.

At Prestige Hand & Physical Therapy, we focus on restoring the movements that matter most so our patients can get back to living fully.

Learn more:
www.prestigetherapykc.com

02/27/2026

Grip strength isn’t just about squeezing harder — it’s about building endurance for real life. 💪

Reps matter. Control matters. Smart progress matters.

At Prestige Hand & Physical Therapy, we creatively modify equipment to safely build strength and stamina after shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand injuries — so you can get back to doing what you love.

Ready to get stronger?
🌐 www.prestigetherapykc.com

02/20/2026

02/16/2026

Happy Presidents’ Day 🇺🇸

At Prestige Hand and Physical Therapy, Presidents’ Day is a reminder that strong leadership, perseverance, and resilience shape progress—both in our country and in recovery.

Whether you’re healing from an injury, rebuilding strength, or working toward getting back to what you love, progress happens one step at a time. We’re proud to support our patients through every phase of their rehab journey with expert hand therapy and physical therapy care.

Wishing everyone a meaningful Presidents’ Day filled with reflection, strength, and forward momentum. 💪✨

02/14/2026

Whether you’re rehabbing an injury, building grip strength, or getting back to the activities that matter to you, know this: we’ve got your back (and your hands 😉).

Wishing our patients, families, and community a day full of care, connection, and a little extra love. 🫶

02/07/2026

👍🏻Function First✋🏻

Getting dressed after a shoulder, elbow, wrist, or hand injury can be one of the most frustrating parts of recovery. Reaching behind your back to manage fasteners takes mobility, strength, coordination, and grip—and it’s something many people don’t realize they’ve lost until they try it.

At Prestige Hand & Physical Therapy, we use real-life functional activities like this to help patients safely rebuild the movements needed for everyday tasks—whether it’s fastening clothing, managing a bra clasp, or reaching behind the body with confidence again.

Because progress isn’t just measured in exercises…
It’s measured in independence 💪🏼

📍 Lee’s Summit, MO
🌐 www.prestigetherapykc.com

01/31/2026

🖐️ More than just a pegboard!

Pegboard work is a sneaky-good way to build upper extremity endurance, strength, and coordination — all in one task.

✨ What’s happening here:
• Shoulder endurance & strength → challenge it by adding a wrist weight
• Grip strength & control → remove pegs using a gripper instead of fingers
• Motor control & coordination → precise placement matters

🔁 Why it matters functionally:
These skills translate directly to everyday tasks like
✔️ reaching up to grab something off a shelf
✔️ putting glasses away in a cabinet
✔️ lifting and placing objects with control

In hand therapy, we don’t train in isolation — we train for real life.

01/24/2026

Grip strength isn’t just about squeezing harder—it’s about working smarter. 🧠🖐️

One simple activity, endless ways to grade it 👇

🔹 Dowel size matters:
• Larger dowel = easier to grip
• Smaller dowel = more work for the fingers

🔹 Thumb check:
The thumb stays off the top—the fingers should be doing the real work here 💥

🔹 Putty progression:
• Change putty color to adjust resistance
• Keep the putty in the container to make it even stiffer

🔹 Want an extra challenge?
Lift the index finger off the dowel so grip power comes from the ulnar side of the hand (hello ring & small finger strength 👋).

Small tweaks. Big gains.
This is how we build functional strength that actually translates to daily life.

01/23/2026

Working on DIP and PIP motion which will lead to better grip strength recruitment.

01/13/2026