Marta Siekierska Certified Hand Therapist (CHT), PTTR-accredited.

I hold a master's degree in physiotherapy (PT, MSc) and specialise in rehabilitation of the upper limb. I am accredited by the Polish Society of Hand Therapy and hold the title of Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) — an international credential from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission (HTCC, USA), the highest global distinction in hand therapy, available to physiotherapists and occupational therapists with at least three years of clinical experience and 4,000 hours of hand-therapy practice. I earned it after completing the Virtual Hand to Shoulder Fellowship of the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT) and passing the CHT examination.

I combine research with daily clinical practice in a hand-surgery team. It is this constant contact with hand surgeons from around the world that shapes the way I guide patients. Since 2022 I have worked at Form Grupa Lekarska in Warsaw, where I see patients after flexor and extensor tendon repair, wrist ligament reconstructions (SL, LT, TFCC), nerve releases and fractures. I also run my own private practice. In therapy I combine current post-operative protocols, Maitland and Mulligan manual therapy, dry needling, ultrasound biofeedback, Butler neural mobilisations and progressive loading — I choose the tools after the examination, not in advance.

In my daily work I also perform ultrasound examination of soft tissues, which I use to monitor therapy progress and continuously adjust the course of treatment. It lets me observe tendon healing, its glide within the sheath, and the state of the post-operative scar in real time, and to objectively assess whether the chosen load, progression pace and techniques are appropriate for the current stage of rehabilitation. This makes therapy more precisely matched to the actual state of the tissues, not only to the time elapsed since the procedure, so I can respond faster when healing proceeds differently than expected.

Thermoplastic and neoprene splints (Orfit, Orficast, ETDNO) are made on site, in the practice, shaped to the hand and the specific stage of healing. The decision to splint is made during the assessment as an integral part of the therapeutic plan.

I also work with athletes. For two years I was the physiotherapist to the women's national amputee-football team, with whom I won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Colombia in 2024, and for seven years I have been the lead physiotherapist with the Legia Warsaw amputee-football section. I regularly attend FESSH congresses and PTChR cadaver courses to stay up to date with current knowledge and techniques.

I am committed to raising standards of hand therapy in Poland, supporting athletes in their pursuit of achieving the highest results, and providing patients with care based on current scientific evidence.