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Physical Therapy for Hand & Wrist Pain
Your hands are involved in nearly everything you do, so pain, numbness or weakness there is hard to ignore. Skilled hand therapy helps you get grip, comfort and function back.
Understanding hand and wrist pain
The hand and wrist pack many small joints, tendons and nerves into a tight space, which is why a repetitive task or a single injury can cause pain, stiffness or tingling that lingers.
Because we rely on our hands constantly, these problems rarely resolve on their own. Targeted therapy — including splinting when needed — calms the irritation and rebuilds strength and dexterity.
Signs worth an evaluation
These symptoms are worth having looked at early:
Numbness or tingling
Pins-and-needles in the fingers, often worse at night or while driving.
Grip weakness
Dropping things or struggling to open jars, twist keys or hold a phone.
Pain with use
Aching or sharp pain when typing, lifting or gripping.
Swelling and stiffness
Puffy, stiff joints that are hard to fully bend or straighten.
Catching or locking
A finger that clicks, catches or gets stuck as you bend it.
What tends to cause it
Hand and wrist pain often builds from repetition, injury or inflammation:
- Carpal tunnel and other nerve compression
- Repetitive strain from typing, tools or handwork
- Tendinitis, including De Quervain’s at the thumb
- Arthritis in the small joints of the hand and wrist
- Recovery after a fracture, sprain or surgery
- Trigger finger and tendon irritation
Hand and wrist problems we treat
We regularly help people with:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis and thumb pain
- Trigger finger
- Wrist sprains and tendinitis
- Arthritis of the hand and wrist
- Post-fracture and post-surgical hand rehab
How we treat hand and wrist pain at ProKinetics
Where it helps, we use custom splinting alongside hands-on therapy and exercise to protect healing tissue and restore fine control.
A full-hour, one-on-one evaluation
Your first visit is a proper assessment with a Doctor of Physical Therapy who watches how you move and pinpoints what is actually driving your hand and wrist pain — not just where it hurts.
Hands-on treatment to calm symptoms
Skilled manual therapy — joint mobilization and soft-tissue work — eases pain and frees up movement so the area starts to feel like yours again.
Targeted exercise that rebuilds
We coach you through progressive, specific movement that restores the strength, mobility and control that keep hand and wrist pain from returning.
A plan that makes relief last
You leave with a clear home program and practical guidance on posture, activity and daily habits, and we measure your progress and adjust as you improve.
Recovering before or after hand surgery
After procedures like a carpal-tunnel release or fracture repair, guided hand therapy is essential to regain motion, strength and dexterity. We coordinate with your surgeon and progress you safely through each stage of healing.
This page is general education, not a diagnosis. Sudden loss of hand function, a visibly deformed wrist after a fall, or spreading numbness should be evaluated by a physician promptly.
Why patients choose ProKinetics
One therapist, one hour, every visit
You work one-on-one with the same licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy — never handed off to aides or shared across three tables at once.
Hands-on care, not a gym floor
Skilled manual therapy is central to how we treat, paired with movement that actually addresses what is driving your pain.
Two NYC clinics
See us in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn or Chelsea, Manhattan — with early and evening times that fit around work.
Most insurance, no referral needed
We accept most major plans and New York lets you start PT directly, so you can book an evaluation without a doctor’s note.
Common questions
Can therapy help carpal tunnel without surgery?
Do you make custom splints?
Do I need a referral?
Get your hands working comfortably again
Book an evaluation at our Bensonhurst or Chelsea clinic — most major insurance accepted.
