Our Story

The story of Hand Rehab starts in 2009 when Doug and Laura Bryant saw that people could receive more frequent and favourable treatments by being seen by someone with hand therapy expertise in private practice closer to where they live and work. Doug, a Physiotherapist, started working on the business initially and was later joined by Laura, an Occupational Therapist.

GP’s and specialists recognise the benefits of referring patients to a hand therapist which has led to more clinics opening so we are now in eight locations in the Lower North Island.

Doug and Laura’s philosophy is to ensure that Hand Rehab maintains the upmost levels of service for our patients and strives to place itself at the forefront of hand therapy within New Zealand.

With the continued growth of our services and increase in the number of hand therapists employed by Hand Rehab, the clinics have moved over time from single rooms sub-let from other businesses, to our own small clinics, to larger premises, so by the start of 2021 we had 42 staff across the eight clinics.

Our Vision and Values Our Team

Visit one of our 7 Physio Clinics – click on your preferred location below

Wellington CBD

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Porirua

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Lower Hutt

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Upper Hutt

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Paraparaumu

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Palmerston North

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

Dunedin

Hand Physiotherapy Clinic

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