Specialized hand and upper-extremity therapy
Tendon, nerve & soft-tissue injuries
Specialized care for the structures that help you move and feel.
Riviera provides one-on-one mobile care tailored to the structure involved, your symptoms, and your stage of recovery.
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Understanding your condition
Different tissues. Different recovery needs.
Symptoms can overlap, but the treatment approach depends on which structures are irritated, compressed, injured, or healing after repair.
Tendon conditions
Painful or limited tendon glide can make gripping and movement difficult. Care may address irritation, overuse, stiffness, or recovery following tendon repair.
Examples: tendon repairs, De Quervain’s and trigger fingerNerve conditions
Nerve compression or injury may cause numbness, tingling, weakness, sensitivity, or reduced coordination. Treatment is matched to the location and type of nerve involvement.
Examples: carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel and nerve repairsSoft-tissue injuries
Ligaments, joint-supporting tissues, wounds, and scars may need protection followed by progressive motion, stability, and functional retraining.
Examples: sprains, ligament injuries, TFCC and scar restrictionReasons to seek care
When your hand or arm does not feel—or work—like it should.
How we can help
Treatment based on the tissue—and the person
We select treatment according to your diagnosis, irritability, healing stage, precautions, and the activities you want to regain.
Detailed assessment
Evaluation of motion, strength, sensation, swelling, tissue mobility, symptoms, and functional limitations.
Protection & custom orthoses
Custom splinting to protect a repair, reduce irritation, position tissue, or support safer function.
Movement & tendon gliding
Carefully selected exercises to improve motion and tissue glide without exceeding current precautions.
Nerve-focused care
Education, positioning, graded movement, sensory retraining, and functional strategies when appropriate.
Scar, swelling & sensitivity
Hands-on treatment and home strategies for edema, scar mobility, discomfort, and hypersensitivity.
Strength & return to activity
Progressive loading and task-specific retraining for home, work, caregiving, recreation, and sports.
A carefully paced recovery
Protection and movement must stay in balance.
Too much stress can irritate or compromise healing tissue. Too little movement can contribute to stiffness, adhesions, weakness, and loss of function.
Your Riviera therapist adjusts treatment to the structure involved and coordinates with your referring physician when appropriate. After a repair, we follow the surgeon’s precautions and protocol rather than applying a standard timeline.
Your first visit
A clear plan for what comes next
Understand your symptoms
We review how the problem began, what you feel, what makes it better or worse, and which activities have become difficult.
Identify the treatment priorities
We assess movement, strength, sensation, tissue mobility, swelling, and function within appropriate precautions.
Start practical care
You receive treatment and a focused home plan, including orthosis or activity guidance when needed.
Mobile hand therapy in Santa Barbara
Specialized care, brought to you.
Meet one-on-one with a Certified Hand Therapist in your home. If you have surgical instructions, imaging reports, or a therapy referral, please have them available for your first visit.
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