Occupational Therapy

From arthritis to fractures and dislocations, individualized treatment will prevent further injury and chronic problems.

When the upper extremities are working well (and pain-free), it’s a beautiful thing. When they’re not, even the most routine tasks can be a challenge. Our highly-trained hand therapists are here to help remedy the issues you are dealing with concerning your hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. You and the therapist work together to lay out a comprehensive therapy program focused on a speedy and complete recovery.

Commonly Treated Conditions

• Pain in the hand/arm
• Swelling, numbness, tingling, weakness
• Therapy after surgical procedures
• Arthritis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Tendonitis, trigger finger
• Tendon injuries
• Broken bones/fractures, jammed fingers/joints
• Joint stiffness, dislocations and sprains
• Burns, scars, cuts, infections, open wounds
• Repetitive strain/pulled muscles
• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Sports injuries
• Work-related injuries

How Can You Benefit from Hand Therapy?

• Treatments without an operation
• Help with recent or long-lasting pain
• Help to reduce sensitivity from nerve problems
• Learning home exercise programs to help with movement and strength
• Splinting to help prevent or improve stiffness
• Learning to complete everyday activities with special tools
• Help getting back to work

Guided by your individual goals, a rehabilitation plan is derived to get you back to participating in your daily routines.

Your nervous system controls all the functions of your body, so when something goes wrong, it can affect your ability to speak, move, breathe, swallow, and to comprehend. Therapy is an important player in your recovery, helping to prevent loss of function, and allowing you to continue to keep your independence. We understand the complex physical, emotional, and psychological challenges that you may be facing and we’re here to help.

Commonly Treated Conditions

A neurologically-trained physical therapist specializes in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with movement problems related to disease or injury of the nervous system. Therapists who specialize in neurology work with a wide range of patients who may have one of the following conditions:

• Stroke
• Spinal cord injury
• Brain injury
• Parkinson's disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Low vision is the term used to refer to permanent functional vision loss that cannot be corrected by medication, surgery or glasses.

People with low vision have already tried the available medical or surgical treatments. For those with vision worse than 20/200, they are considered legally blind in most of the United States. However, despite the designation, people in this group may still have some vision.