Occupational Therapy
Manual Physical Therapy
RPI has skilled occupational therapists to help with upper extremity issues and maximize independence with your daily activities.
An occupational therapist is a healthcare professional that treats physical, mental, and developmental disorders to improve quality of life and improve the patient’s ability to perform day-to-day tasks. The ultimate goal for occupational therapists is to help their patients live full lives without injuring themselves. An occupational therapist also provides a holistic approach to their therapy, and in doing so, they treat the entire person. Not only do they want to reduce their patient’s pain and increase their mobility, but they also ensure that the home or work environment is suitable. The foundation for the holistic approach is that the interventions fit the patient.
Some reasons a person may need occupational therapy are:
- Post-surgical, arthritic problems, or an injury to the upper limb or hand
- Stroke recovery
- Emotional issues in people with dementia
- Recurrent falls in the elderly population
- Endurance training after hospitalization
Services our skilled occupational therapists at RPI Therapy Services can provide are:
- Fabricating custom-made upper extremity splints
- Strengthening the upper extremity due to impairment from injury, fracture, stroke, etc.
- Improving passive and active range of motion following injury to the shoulder, forearm, wrist, and hand
- Incorporating the use of modalities in a function-based program in order to minimize pain and increase functional upper extremity use
- Improving fine motor skills, coordination, and dexterity
- Performing home visits to make recommendations to the home environment in order to facilitate safety and independence
- Maximizing independence with activities of daily living through instruction in compensatory techniques
- Improving static and dynamic balance to facilitate independence with daily living skills
- Instructing arthritic patients on techniques to protect the joints
- Educating patients with cardiac and respiratory concerns on energy conservation and work simplification techniques
- Assessing ocular motor skills and visual perceptual deficits following a stroke or traumatic brain injury
- Assessing functional cognitive skills such as problem solving, reasoning, and memory in order to maximize a client’s ability to perform complex tasks such as money management, medication management, and other cognitive skills
RPI offers occupational therapy at all 4 of our locations. Please reach out to one of the locations with any questions or to schedule an evaluation.