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Keeping watching our news for the next Location and date to see us in ACTION! Hurry and buy your Get-A-Grip Hand device soon. Due to increased costs of Aluminun imports, stainless steel, and shipping costs the Price of all machines will be going up on or about April 1 2008.
Announcements: AOTA Meeting in Long Beach, April 10th - 12th 2008. Also there will be the AJOTC, the Orthodox Jewish Occupational Therapy Organization.
Desert Hand Therapy of Arizona has "Gotten-A-Grip in a big way, to bring the best in ADL, and Hand Rehab Equipment to their clients.
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Our Left Handed Kits and Machines are now back in stock, as is our Epi-Ball. Vertically mounted. MV-1 Mounts in both Horizontal and Verticle Positions. All Machines are available as left handed (with left threaded main shaft and compression plate). All machines have the left handed shaft and compression plate as an extra option (see order now). Or, left set-up can be purchased seperately [A-11].
News on The Get-a-Grip Hand Rehab Device
The Daily Journal, Vineland, N.J.
Vinelander gets grip on void in rehab equipment
By JOEL LANDAU
Staff Writer
jlandau@thedailyjournal.com
VINELAND -- Michael Stein invented a potential breakthrough piece of medical equipment, based partly on his preference of condiments.
It happened after Stein, 61, dislocated his right wrist. When the cast got infected, doctors removed three bones from Stein's wrist in March 2006 -- an operation that left him in a difficult state.
I couldn't make a sandwich," he said. "Everyone loves mayonnaise, but I couldn't open a jar to spread it on my sandwich." The retired administrator for the state Division of Youth and Family Services began rehabilitation, but he said the available machines focused only on increasing mobility -- not strength.
Staff photos/Charles J. Olson
Michael Stein of Vineland demonstrates his invention, the Get-A-Grip Hand Rehab Machine. He was inspired by his own experience with a wrist injury.
"I knew if I was going to get strength I had to build resistance," Stein said. "I had to build muscle."
One year later, patients in 49 doctor's offices, rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation centers are using the Get-A-Grip Hand Rehab Machine, which Stein invented and is now marketing across the country.
Patients repeatedly turn the end handle of the machine, which fits on Stein's dining room table, to restore strength in their hands and wrists. The machine has different compression settings and handles to help patients practice handling a doorknob, screwdriver and two sizes of jar lids.
Stein said he came up with the idea on his own in just one day. He developed the first prototype with Novacare Physical Rehabilitation on West Sherman Avenue and had it ready last summer, just four months after his doctor removed the bones from his wrist.
"I just figured it out on my own," he said while crediting his "inventor's mind" for the project. "I've always been able to look at things creatively. God blessed me with that ability."
The machine has shown results. Stein said his hand is almost at full strength, which doctors initially said would be impossible.
Frank Forcinito, manager of Pinnacle Physical Therapy and Orthopedics on State Street, said many patients use the machine, which provides them with a better way to recover from their injuries.
"It's fantastic he was able to go through rehab and realize there is a better way to do it," Forcinito said.
Stein is self-financing his invention and is making the first 100 with South Jersey Precision Tool and Mold Inc. on South Lincoln Avenue.
The machine has shown results. Stein said his hand is almost at full strength, which doctors initially said would be impossible.