Clinical Assessment of the Elbow, Wrist & Hand

Course overview

Build stronger assessment skills. Clinical Assessment of the Elbow, Wrist & Hand is an online massage and manual therapy CEU course designed to help you deliver more precise, effective treatments. Learn how to identify common conditions affecting the elbow, wrist, and hand using orthopedic tests and range of motion assessments. Strengthen your ability to assess pain, dysfunction, and mobility issues to target your massage and manual therapy treatments better and improve client outcomes. This continuing education course for massage and manual therapy dives deep into the mechanics of upper limb assessment. You will explore postural analysis, range of motion testing (AF, PR, RI), and relevant orthopedic protocols to evaluate muscle, joint, and nerve involvement in common injuries and conditions. Understand the root causes of problems such as ligament sprains, epicondylitis, nerve compression syndromes, and FOOSH-related injuries. Gain the clinical knowledge to identify these issues and select appropriate treatment strategies confidently. You will also examine wrist and hand pathologies, including carpal tunnel, circulatory dysfunction, and muscular imbalances. Each section includes assessment techniques you can immediately apply in your massage therapy practice. Combine this course with Clinical Assessment of the Neck & TMJ and Clinical Assessment of the Shoulder to expand your skillset across the upper body. This CEU course helps you increase your value as a therapist by improving your ability to assess, explain, and treat complex conditions, earning CEU hours while advancing your clinical expertise.