What We Treat

Tendon injury treatment in Vancouver.

You cut or tore a tendon, and now the hand feels like it belongs to someone else. It heals, and it starts with a cause-first evaluation, not a guess.

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Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

  • A finger that won’t fully bend or straighten since the injury
  • Worry that moving the hand too soon will undo the surgery
  • A repaired tendon that feels stuck, like it catches when it moves
  • A grip too weak to trust with a full coffee mug
  • Swelling and stiffness that lock the fingers up by evening
  • A splint on your wrist you’re not sure you’re using right

Two or more? Keep reading.

Why It Happens

A tendon can heal and still not glide.

A repaired tendon has two jobs at once: knit the cut ends back together, and slide freely inside its sheath. Push it too hard, too soon, and the repair can pull apart. Rest it too long, and scar tissue glues it down. Getting that balance right is the whole game.

That balance is different for every repair, every finger, every surgeon. It takes a cause-first evaluation, one-on-one with a Certified Hand Therapist, to set the right pace. Move too soon or too cautiously, and you can lose motion you may never get back. Get the timing right, and the hand comes back.

Person holding their own wrist in discomfort

The Honest Truth

A healing tendon won’t wait for you.

If you keep waiting

  • Scar tissue sets, and the tendon stops gliding the way it should
  • The window for protected motion closes, and your options narrow
  • Nearby joints stiffen while you wait, turning one problem into two

If you start this week

  • You know exactly how to move it and protect it by visit one
  • A splint and motion plan matched to your exact repair
  • You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of visits

Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built for your tendon.

Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for a tendon repair.

Weeks 1–2

Pain

Protect the repair.

Protected motion and a custom splint guard the repair while swelling settles, starting your very first visit.

Weeks 2–6

Prime

Get the tendon gliding.

Controlled motion restores glide in the tendon before scar tissue can lock it down.

Weeks 6–10

Perform

Build strength you can trust.

Progressive loading rebuilds the grip and strength the hand lost while it healed.

Weeks 10+

Prevent

Return to full use.

Grip, pinch, and lifting get tested under real load before you’re cleared: that’s the endpoint, not just another appointment.

Working with Andy was a lifesaver. I severed a tendon in my middle finger and had it surgically repaired. The rehab process was very difficult and long. At several points I had almost given up hope that I would regain full use of my finger, but Andy kept working with me. After following Andy’s protocol for several months, I gained full movement and strength back, and that continues to this day, 4 years later!

Shared by Jesse S. · Tendon repair

Early on: almost gave up hope of full use returning

Months later: full movement and strength, still going years on

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Related Conditions

Pain rarely stays in one place.

Compensation patterns often show up nearby. Here’s what else we treat.

1

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Numbness, tingling, and a grip that fades right when you need it.

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Tendinitis

Reaching overhead or gripping flares a tendon that will not calm down.

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Nerve Pain

Burning, tingling, or numbness down your arm that no one has explained.

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Questions, Answered

What people ask before booking for a tendon repair.

It feels that way, and the instinct to protect it is a good one. But a repaired tendon that never moves gets glued down by scar tissue, and that stiffness is hard to undo. The fix is protected motion: specific, gentle movement that keeps the tendon gliding without stressing the repair. Andrew matches the plan to your exact surgery and guides it one-on-one, every visit. You are never guessing on your own.

Often, yes, though no honest therapist can promise it for every injury. How much you regain depends on the tendon, the repair, and how carefully the rehab is dosed and progressed. That last part is where hand therapy earns its keep. A graded protocol, guided one-on-one with a Certified Hand Therapist, gives you the best shot at full glide and strength.

It depends on your repair and how far along you are, and you get a plan with an endpoint from the start. Tendon work moves through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, over a series of visits tied to your healing timeline. You will always know which phase you are in and what is left, not an open-ended string of appointments.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon - Fri: 8am - 5pm
  • (360) 309-0176 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • Same-week appointments available

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