At Protherapy Rehabilitation’s clinic and private practice in NY, our licensed occupational therapists offer both rehabilitation & Health and Wellness preventive care treatment services. Treatment options are determined after an initial evaluation in conjunction with your physician’s orders.
Because of the holistic, client centered approach of occupational therapy, clients are met at their current level of function. Through activity analysis, wer are able to address each client’s priorities, along with pathologies, with activity modifications and compensatory techniques to facilitate performing at his or her greatest level of independence from the start, and at every step of the rehabilitation process. This independence encourages integration of the affected injurty as soon as possible, thereby making the journey to maximal function seamless.
Occupational therapy interventions are designed to meet individual client needs and may include the following as part of a comprehensive plan of care:
- Therapeutic activities
- Therapeutic exercise
- Orthosis design, fabrication, fitting, and training
- Joint protection and/or energy modification in home, work, school, or leisure activities
- Sensory re-education
- Mirror therapy
- Scar management
- Pain management
- Work conditioning or work hardening
- Training in activities of daily living and adaptive or assistive devices
- Education for post-surgical or post-injury safety, including sensory loss
Common Occupational Therapy Injuries
The following are examples of conditions and injuries of the upper extremity (i.e., hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder girdle, rotator cuff, multiple joints) that are treated by occupational therapy practitioners.
- Fractures
- Amputations
- Arthritis and rheumatic diseases
- Congenital anomalies
- Crush injuries or trauma
- Cumulative trauma
- Dislocations and subluxations
- Ligament injury and instability
- Muscle strains, tears, and avulsions
- Tendon injuries and conditions (e.g., lacerations, tendonitis, ruptures)
- Nerve injuries and conditions (e.g., neuropathies, palsies, nerve repair)
- Pain (e.g., complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia)
- Replantation and revascularization
- Wounds and scars
- Thermal and electrical injuries
- Neuromuscular pathologies
Benefits of Occupational Therapy
- Decrease pain & swelling
- Facilitate independent function
- Improve balance & proprioception
- Improve posture, body mechanics
- Improve functional range of motion
- Increase strength and endurance
- Implement post-surgical protocols
- Improve functional ambulation
- Increase strength and endurance
- Provide patient/caregiver education on specific diagnosis, safety & home programs
- Evaluate need for assistive devices or durable medical equipment
- Improve patients’ overall quality of life