Occupational Therapy

    Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession designed to assist people in regaining independence through individually designed programs.
    Occupational therapists analyze a participant's physical abilities necessary to perform daily tasks such as dressing, eating, cooking and bathing and focus on increasing these skills to maximize function and safety.
    Occupational therapists work with people of all age groups and with a wide range of diagnoses such as stroke, hand impairments, weakness, cognitive impairments and Parkinson's, to name a few.

In addition, occupational therapists can
perform the following:

q Rehabilitation of hand and upper extremity injuries
q Splinting: Prefabrication and custom-made  
       thermoplastic
q Evaluation and recommendations for work
       environments
q Home assessments for safety
q Cognitive retraining
q Functional Capacity Assessments for return to work
q Pediatric Sensory Integration for Attention Deficit
       Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
       Disorder (ADHD)
q Lymphedema Treatment

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