Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy services may include comprehensive evaluations of
the client’s home and other environments (e.g., workplace, school),
recommendations for adaptive equipment and training in its use, and guidance
and education for family members and caregivers.
Occupational therapy practitioners take a holistic approach, which means
they focus on adapting the environment to suit the individual's needs.
The person receiving therapy is an essential part of the therapy team.
Our occupational therapy services include:
- Orthopedic hand and upper extremity evaluation and treatment.
- Rehabilitation for neurological conditions (stroke, Parkinson's, head injury,
multiple sclerosis etc.)
- Orthopedic and post-surgical rehab (shoulder replacement, hip and knee
replacement, upper extremity fractures, spinal procedures, limb loss etc.)
- Custom crafted static and dynamic orthoses fabrication. Fitting and recommendations
for prefabricated orthoses.
Your therapist may help you with, or provide information on:
- Orthopedic hand and upper extremity evaluation and treatment, including
static and dynamic custom splinting; joint protection training
- Energy conservation and work simplification training
- Activities of daily living
- Functional cognitive treatment
- Self care training
- Complete Decongestive Therapy including: manual lymphatic drainage, multilayer bandaging
- Compression garment recommendation and fitting
- Therapeutic activities
- Therapeutic exercise
- Fluidotherapy treatment
- Orthosis design, fabrication, fitting, and training
- Joint protection and/or energy modification
- Sensory re-education
- Training in activities of daily living and adaptive or assistive devices
- Education for pre and post surgical (mastectomy, hand surgery)
- Design and fabrication of selected orthoses for post-surgical, post-injury,
or long-term use
- Ergonomic principles
- Manual therapy
- Education for post surgical mastectomy
- Rehab for post surgical mastectomy
- Adaptive strategies and equipment recommendations for all patients ortho and neuro
We have ASTYM certified providers for tendinopathy, joint and muscle stiffness,
post traumatic injuries or post-surgical status to relieve pain, restore
movement and keep patients active.