Katharina Hofko
Occupational Therapy & Hand Rehabilitation
Individual therapy for hand, wrist and arm — helping you regain independence in your everyday life.
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What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy helps people regain the ability to perform everyday activities independently and without pain.
The Core Idea
Occupational therapy focuses on helping you do what matters to you again. This can be everyday activities like cooking, writing or crafting, but also hobbies and work-related tasks. The key is understanding your individual goals and working towards them systematically.
Hand Rehabilitation Specialization
In hand rehabilitation, I combine targeted training with manual techniques and individual guidance. After injuries, surgery or chronic conditions, hands are often not rehabilitated optimally. With a structured approach, we restore function, strength and sensitivity.
Holistic Approach
Occupational therapy is more than just physical rehabilitation. It's about your quality of life, your independence and confidence in your body. I work with you to set realistic goals and achieve them step by step.
About Me
For 10 years I have worked with passion as an occupational therapist in the field of the hand, and over the last 6 years I have specialised in hand therapy. I am fascinated by getting to the root of the underlying causes and developing an individual, targeted therapy from there.
With a resource-oriented approach, great joy in my work and continuous professional development, I accompany my patients on their way to greater mobility and independence.
Education & Credentials
- 2016 Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Fachhochschule für Gesundheit Innsbruck
Continuing Education
- Isele Method: therapy for finger injuries in climbers
- Specialised occupational therapist for pain therapy
- Therapeutic climbing
- Manual therapy of the upper extremity
- Hentschel Method
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Finger splinting with Orficast
- Flexor tendon training
- Fascial Distortion Model (FDM)
- Fascia training (Hand Therapy Switzerland)
- Fracture course (ZHAW Health Sciences, Switzerland)
- International Hand Congress Rotterdam 2024
- Rhizarthrosis and more – hand therapy for osteoarthritis
- Myofascial trigger point and pain therapy
- Trauma-sensitive practice in occupational therapy
- Self-management – pursuing goals with motivation
- Exercise instructor & trainer
- Taekwondo instructor
What Patients Say
I was treated by Kathi for injuries to my finger pulleys and a torn collateral ligament in my thumb, and from the very first second I felt in the best possible hands. She is professional and clear – you can tell she knows exactly what she is doing. Excellent expertise and wonderful on a personal level. 10/10
After a cycling crash, occupational therapist Katharina helped me regain full use of my wrist – with great expertise, patience and dedication! And you don't have to wait long for an appointment, either!
Here you find the right therapist for every injury. Occupational therapist Kathi helped me enormously with my climbing-related hand injuries (lumbrical shift / pulley inflammation).
Contact & Inquiry
Send me a message — I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Rettlsteinerweg 90/6
6112 WattensInnsbruck
Bozner Platz 7/3
6020 Innsbruck
+43 677 64065710
katharinaa.hofko@gmail.com
Billing & Insurance
I work as a private therapist (Wahltherapeutin). You receive a partial refund of the costs from your health insurance, so you do not have to cover everything yourself. With accident or supplementary insurance, a full refund may be possible. I work with all insurers.