SERVICES / Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives.  Occupational therapy assists people in developing the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives.

Services typically include:

• Improve ability to perform daily activities
• Home and job site evaluations with adaptation recommendations
• Performance skills assessments and treatment
• Adaptive equipment and training
• Guidance to family members and caregivers

Some of the health conditions that benefit from OT include:

• Low back problems
• Repetitive stress injuries
• Limitations following a stroke or heart attack
• Neurological deficits
• Arthritis
• Multiple sclerosis/chronic conditions
• Birth injuries
• Learning problems
• Developmental disabilities
• Mental health
• Behavioral problems
• Alzheimer's
• Post-traumatic stress
• Substance abuse recovery
• Eating disorders
• Burns
• Spinal cord injuries
• Work-related injuries
• Hand injuries
• Splinting needs custom made
• Vision or cognitive problems

Sensory Integration: Our senses include touch, hearing, sight, taste, smell, gravity, joint and muscle movement. SI is a neurological process that provides us with the ability to combine all of these senses and enables a child to appropriately interact with people and their environment. Sensory integration is a part of normal development for most children through play and everyday activities. In children who lack the integration we see development delays, learning deficits, feeding difficulties, and behavior problems. These deficits may occur due to their inability to process sensory information appropriately.

CranioSacral: A gentle form of manipulation that facilitates the movements of the cranium, spinal column and the sacrum to improve circulation, restore balance and improve biological function. CST is effective for colic, headaches, restoring cranial shape from a traumatic birth, decreasing hyperactivity and sensory sensitivity.

Visceral Manipulation: A gently technique taught by French Osteopath Jean-Pierre Barral to facilitate correct relationship between organs and the connective tissues, Visceral Manipulation is specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues. These gentle manipulations can improve the functioning of individual organs, the systems the organs function within, and the structural integrity of the entire body.

Neuro-Developmental Treatment™ (NDT): NDT is the primary treatment technique for individuals with central nervous system impairment such as children with cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury. NDT evaluates a person’s movement to determine the focus of therapy. Therapeutic handling is used to assist in the facilitation of typical movement to gain function.

SAMONAS Auditory Intervention: SAMONAS is an auditory stimulation program using scientifically and artistically structured music and sound. This individualized program uses the auditory system to stimulate and organize all other senses and the brain’s response. The results are improvement in auditory processing, communication, social skills, sensory integration, self-regulation, motor planning, attention, memory and writing skills.

Kinesio Taping®: This involves the use of a special type of tape that is applied to the skin over a specific muscle or joint. This tape can be used for several purposes, but its most common use is to facilitate an increased use of the proper muscles to perform specific movements for an extended period of time. Due to increased use of the muscle, strength increases and the quality of movement improves.

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