Occupational therapy (OT) uses activity to restore and maintain a person’s physical and mental status to the highest functional level possible so that he or she may perform everyday activities, including for recreation. To do this, individuals learn to adapt to the way they perform activities and to the environment surrounding those activities.
What conditions are treated in occupational therapy?
OT evaluates and treats underlying problems such as:
• Decreased upper body strength
• Impaired fine motor skills
• Decreased coordination
• Cognitive impairments
• Safety concerns
• Impaired performance in self-care and community reintegration
How we can help you?
RMI Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Department occupational therapy services for children and adults include:
• Decreased feeding, dressing, bathing, grooming skills
• Decreased sensation/perception
• Decreased cognition (command following, memory, sequencing, problem solving, insight and safety awareness)
• Splinting needs (upper and lower extremities)
• Decreased range of motion and/or strength of upper extremities
• Functional mobility deficits
• Patient/family education and training
• Home safety assessment
• Decreased activity tolerance
