Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help beneficiaries participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).
Common Interventions
Common occupational therapy interventions include helping people recovering from injury to regain skills and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.
Occupational therapy services typically include:
- An individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and occupational therapist determine treatment goals
- A customized intervention to improve the person’s performance and to achieve treatment goals
- An outcomes evaluation to ensure that goals are being met, or to identify needed changes to the intervention plan
Services
- Adaptive equipment
- Ergonomic education/aids
- Desensitization / sensory retraining
- Custom splint fabrication
- Upper extremity rehabilitation
Commonly seen diagnoses:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- Dequervain’s Tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren’s Disease
- Elbow / shoulder injuries
- Wrist / hand injuries
- Flexor tendon / extensor tendon Injuries
- Osteoarthritis
- Trigger finger