Christine Niho, OTR/L completed her Bachelor's degree at UCLA, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1998. In college, she worked at Santa Monica Hand Therapy, where she first gained exposure to the art and science of hand therapy. She went on to earn her Master's in occupational therapy at Columbia University. Her love of upper extremity rehabilitation led her to complete a hand therapy internship at San Francisco General Hospital.
Christine Niho, OTR/L completed her Bachelor's degree at UCLA, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1998. In college, she worked at Santa Monica Hand Therapy, where she first gained exposure to the art and science of hand therapy. She went on to earn her Master's in occupational therapy at Columbia University. Her love of upper extremity rehabilitation led her to complete a hand therapy internship at San Francisco General Hospital.
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Very Professional nice lady
Sep-2025
Excellent and compassionate
Sep-2025
Professional, caring, knowledgable
Sep-2025
She is pleasant knowledgeable and very professional.
Sep-2025
Christine is very professional, courteous, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. Thank you!
Aug-2025
She's great! She's experienced, gentle, and taught me some new ways to develop my hand strength.
Aug-2025
She is very thoughtful and detailed oriented therapist. I would recommend anyone with hand issues.
Aug-2025
Courteous, professional, competent and fixed my tendon. Can’t ask for more
Aug-2025
Very thorough ask a lot of questions. Gave me some good exercises
Aug-2025
I’m looking forward to more therapy from Christine. She assessed my problems and I’m confident she will help me improve my coordination of both hands.
Evelyn Schultz
Aug-2025
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Swift Institute – Professional Circle Reno
10539 Professional Circle Suite 201 Reno, NV 89521
Christine Niho, OTR/L completed her Bachelor's degree at UCLA, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1998. In college, she worked at Santa Monica Hand Therapy, where she first gained exposure to the art and science of hand therapy. She went on to earn her Master's in occupational therapy at Columbia University. Her love of upper extremity rehabilitation led her to complete a hand therapy internship at San Francisco General Hospital. After working at California Pacific Medical Center, Davies, and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, she became a Certified Hand Therapist in 2006 and moved to Reno/Tahoe. Christine joined the Swift Institute Hand Therapy team in 2023.
In her free time, Christine enjoys skiing, hiking, and spending time with her daughters and overgrown puppy Kingsley. She's also a competitive tennis player.
Very Professional nice lady
Excellent and compassionate
Professional, caring, knowledgable
She is pleasant knowledgeable and very professional.
Christine is very professional, courteous, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. Thank you!
She's great! She's experienced, gentle, and taught me some new ways to develop my hand strength.
She is very thoughtful and detailed oriented therapist. I would recommend anyone with hand issues.
Courteous, professional, competent and fixed my tendon. Can’t ask for more
Very thorough ask a lot of questions. Gave me some good exercises
I’m looking forward to more therapy from Christine. She assessed my problems and I’m confident she will help me improve my coordination of both hands. Evelyn Schultz