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Adaptive Equipment, Joint Protection and Activity Modification

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Adaptive Equipment, Joint Protection and Activity Modification

Doug Hovey, OTR/L HTC, PAMs
September 22, 2026
10:00-11:00 am

Registration: Adaptive Equipment, Joint Protection and Activity Modification
Fee: $10

This is a virtual class. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days before the class. 

This is part of our National Rehabilitation Awareness Month Educational Series in September. It is intended for community members (non‑therapists) and is not approved for CEUs.

Course Description: Chronic and inflammatory conditions, osteoarthritis, weakness, and joint stiffness can lead to difficulty using your hands during activities of daily living, resulting in increased pain, time, and dependence on others to complete the basics of the everyday.

For addressing the “new normal” and decreasing the difficulty of daily routines, this class is designed to provide both an online and optional in-person lab to learn and practice new strategies with activity modifications and use of tools/adaptive equipment and practical orthotics/splints to control pain.

Course Objectives: By the end of this sessions, participants will be able to:

  • Provide a review of special tools used to make everyday activities more achievable and pain free (lab and online).
  • Educate in the use of activity modification strategies to decrease or eliminate upper extremity joint pain.
  • Explore the use of custom and prefabricated orthotic/splints used to increase stability and decrease pain (lab and online).
  • Discuss energy conservation strategies to be used for daily routines.
  • Learn how orthopedic condition are aggravated with specific hobbies, interests, and work duties. 

Instructor Bio

Doug

Doug Hovey, OTR/L HTC, PAMs

Doug has been working in hand therapy since 2017 at numerous clinics throughout the Los Angeles area. He has been working at the 12th St. UCLA outpatient clinic in Santa Monica for the last 5 years. His work in orthopedics focuses on swelling and pain control, education, activity modification, stiffness and neuropathy mitigation and orthotic/splint fabrication of the hand and upper extremity. He is a graduate of the Master of Arts program in Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California. He also holds certifications in the use of physical agent modalities and hand therapy. He’s acquired additional training in joint and neural mobilization of the upper extremity. He enjoys going on short adventures with his family on the weekends, biking and cooking at home.