Treatment focuses on:
- Restoring range of joint motion
- Fine motor Training
- Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Upper extremity function
- Swallow/dysphagia/self-feeding
- Functional mobility training
- Therapeutic positioning
- Adaptive equipment (wheelchair, commode and adaptive aids)
- Splinting
- Energy conservation/work simplification
- Job/home site modifications
- Visual-perceptual screening/training
Who Benefits From Occupational Therapy? Patients with:
- Arm/hand injuries
- Chronic conditions like arthritis or MS
- Limitations resulting from a stroke, heart attack, burn, or amputation
- Broken bones
- Injuries from various types of accidents
- Cognitive problems that threaten their ability to drive
- Work-related, repetitive-stress injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Orthopedic patients who have undergone surgical repair of upper extremity dysfunction (tendon repair of hand, rotator cuff repair, total joint replacement)