Bothell Pediatric & Hand Therapy

Specialties

BPHT treats children with various disabilities that limit their learning, play and daily function. BPHT offers a team of experienced pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapists along with Speech Language Pathologists.

In addition to treating children, BPHT offers Occupational and Certified Hand Therapists who are extremely proficient in the treatment of acute and chronic upper extremity conditions in people of all ages.

Our progressive therapists maintain a high level of knowledge related to current therapeutic interventions through extensive continuing education. The clinic promotes collaboration among treating specialties for optimal functional outcomes. Our unique approach focuses on the successful integration of therapies to promote healthy growth and development.

History

Established in 2002.

Started by Kimberly Alquist, OTR/​L, CHT in 2002, inspired by her love of pediatric occupational therapy and hand therapy. Bothell Pediatric and Hand Therapy is an independent, locally owned clinic that contributes directly back to the community.

Meet the Business Owner

Kimberly A.

Business Owner

Kimberly has over 20 years of experience in pediatric occupational therapy and with hand therapy in both the pediatric and adult populations. She is a University of Washington graduate, with affiliations in pediatrics, psychiatry, physical disabilities, and orthopedic hand rehabilitation. She has worked in school settings, private practice, and acute orthopedic hand surgery rehabilitation.

She uses an eclectic approach involving her training in modalitites, splinting, myofascial release, acute surgical rehabilitation, overuse syndrome intervention, NDT, SI, functional vision development, and oral-​motor development. Kimberly helped standardize the ETCH (Evaluation Tool of Children Handwriting). She is also a Certified Kinesiotaping Practitioner. She specializes in custom spliniting, positioning and casting. Her interests include the study of the upper extremity kinematics in relation to development which lead her to a post-​graduate independent study involving dissection of anatomy at