Tables for Therapy and Rehabilitation

How to Choose the Right Work Table
Because there are so many different types of work tables available, it can be difficult and time-consuming to figure out which type is right for your particular professional requirements. To make it an easier process, let us explain the basic categories of these work tables, and what they are generally used for:

Adjustable Desk Work Tables
Height-adjustable work table desks help to create more accessible desk space in schools and other environments. With the capability to provide ample knee space for children and adults in wheelchairs, these desks typically offer a tilt feature to accommodate various rehab activities, offering multiple accessibility positions for a work and play surface. Adjustability is achieved through various means depending on the model. Hydraulics, hand crank, electric power or easy-to-adjust knobs and/or spring-loaded plungers are the adjusting options to choose from.

Personal Work Tables
These tables are perfect for many different applications and can feature a stationary or tilting top. You can use these tables at home, at work, in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and in schools. A cut-out apron on some of the tables allow easier wheelchair access, while some can be adjusted in height for this same purpose. Personal work tables are typically only used by one person at a time.

Group Therapy Work Tables
Ideal for use by several individuals at once, group therapy work tables can be used in a variety of settings. Generally seating between 4 and 8 people, depending on the size of the particular table, group tables can come in several varying shapes. Our U-shaped group therapy table may be used to seat up to four people in wheelchairs, while our kidney-shaped group therapy work table features adjustable legs to give it the capability to be used in any setting for any age. Our rectangular Hi-Lo wood work table offers height adjustability with a hydraulic foot pump which makes it perfect for play, work, therapy or rehab. Group therapy work tables offer plenty of work space for many people working at one time, with plenty of sitting space for knees and wheelchairs.

Hand Therapy Tables
Also known as Hand Tables, these work tables are as varied as the practitioners who use them. Our hand table selections include semicircular hand therapy tables that can seat up to two therapists simultaneously, allowing treatment for multiple patients. These Hough semicircular tables also include a hand exercise system featuring a reversible board, two mobile posts, two cam posts, two resistance posts, one thumb resistance post and a poster with suggested exercises. Another great choice is the ADA-compliant Hand Therapy Table with Knob Adjustment which offers plenty of space for wheelchair patients, and encourages interaction between the therapist and the patient during hand therapies.

Combining storage with a work table, the Hand Therapy Table and Desk highlights two shelves, two drawers, optional locks and a literature rack, which can also double as a storage space for flat therapy boards. Our excellent Circumductor Table and Graduated Weight Set provides wrist circumduction, arm pronation and supination, and a full range of muscle training for metacarpophalangeal knuckles and joints. And with highlights that include a manipulation board, graded pegboard, bilateral sander, stacking cones, a shoulder abduction ladder, a shoulder exercise ladder, a graded ROM Arc and much more, our Upper Extremity Workstation features a four-sided design, accommodating multiple clients at one time.

Powder Board Work Tables
Often used at rehabilitation and physical therapy facilities, powder board work tables provide a simple method for strengthening muscles and range of motion exercise. Featuring a smooth, low-friction surface that helps to prevent chafing or scraping, powder boards facilitate upper body, arm and hand exercises, while they can also be used for exercising lower extremities, as well. Most powder boards sit very low to the ground, making them comfortably accessible for leg and arm exercises. Other styles offer cut-outs to allow patients to sit closer to the table for better accessibility by the practitioner.

Rehabmart is proud to offer the highest quality and innovative work table selections from such fine manufacturers as Clinton Industries, Sammons Preston, AD-AS, Fabrication Enterprises, Hausmann Industries and Bailey Manufacturing Company.

Hulet Smith, OT
Rehabmart Co-Founder & CEO