Specialized hand and upper-extremity therapy
Arthritis & chronic conditions
Practical care to reduce strain and help you keep doing what matters.
Riviera provides one-on-one mobile therapy for painful, stiff, or changing joints—focused on comfort, mobility, protection, and everyday function.
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Conditions we commonly address
Care matched to your joints and daily life
Arthritis can affect people differently. We look beyond the diagnosis to understand which movements and activities are causing the most difficulty.
Thumb & hand osteoarthritis
Pain, weakness, or stiffness at the thumb base, fingers, wrist, or other upper-extremity joints.
Including thumb CMC arthritisInflammatory arthritis
Support for changing joint symptoms, fatigue, swelling, positioning, and functional challenges.
Including rheumatoid arthritisChronic stiffness & pain
Limited movement or persistent discomfort related to prior injury, surgery, degeneration, or prolonged symptoms.
Individualized functional careReasons to seek care
When joint symptoms begin limiting your day.
How we can help
Less strain. More comfortable function.
Your plan is shaped around your symptoms, priorities, and the activities you want to preserve.
Joint protection
Learn practical ways to reduce stress on painful joints without giving up important activities.
Custom orthoses
Support painful or unstable joints with a custom splint when appropriate.
Movement & exercise
Targeted mobility and strengthening selected for your joints and current irritability.
Pain & swelling care
Hands-on treatment, education, and home strategies for comfort and symptom management.
Adaptive solutions
Tools, task modifications, and ergonomic changes that make everyday activities easier.
Long-term self-management
A realistic plan for responding to flare-ups and maintaining strength and function over time.
A realistic approach
Arthritis care is about protecting function.
Therapy does not reverse arthritis, but it can help you manage symptoms, support vulnerable joints, improve useful motion and strength, and approach daily tasks with less strain.
When symptoms suggest that additional medical evaluation may be helpful, we coordinate with or refer you back to the appropriate provider.
Mobile hand therapy in Santa Barbara
Make everyday hand use feel more manageable.
Meet one-on-one with a Certified Hand Therapist in your home and build a plan around the activities that matter to you.
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