Regain Your Life With Occupational Therapy
The goal of hand therapy is to address each individual’s goals to increase functional use and return to activities of daily living. Our hand therapists evaluate, assess, and treat individual needs to customize a treatment plan. The therapists work closely with the referring physician to ensure continuity of care. Our hand therapists can assist with education, activity modification, orthotic fabrication, conservative and post-operative management.
Our results-driven treatment plans can help you thrive in recovery and achieve a better quality of life. Call (256) 285-4352 today to schedule your first appointment!
Conditions That Occupational Therapy Treats
Our therapists provide one-on-one treatment for a variety of hand and upper extremity injuries. Conditions we regularly treat include:
- Cumulative trauma disorders
- Carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and other nerve compression
- Tendinitis
- Fractures of the hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, and humerus
- Tendon and nerve lacerations
- Various types of arthritis including rheumatoid and osteoarthritis.
- Dislocations and sprains
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
The primary goal of an occupational therapist is to enable people to participate in everyday life activities. They achieve this by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the daily activities and occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do.
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Occupational Therapy Treatments
Our occupational therapists in Central Madison, AL and West Madison, AL will perform a thorough exam to identify the issues impacting you or a loved one. This assessment will address your medical history, current symptoms, and other health factors that could be contributing to your condition.
OT treatments that we use may include:
- Activity modifications: Our occupational therapists help patients learn new skills or improve existing ones with activity modifications. We will consider each patient’s abilities and determine which areas could be targeted for improvement.
- Strength, flexibility, and coordination exercises: OT may include stretching and exercise to increase your strength, flexibility, and mobility. These techniques typically involve using resistance bands for strength or restoring balance and coordination.
- Adaptive equipment: Adaptive equipment is often necessary for treatment, which includes wheelchairs, walkers, or other tools to help clients perform tasks more independently. Some common types of adaptive equipment used by our OTs include:
- Dressing aids: Button hooks, long-handled shoe horns, dressing sticks, sock aids, and elastic shoelaces to promote independent dressing.
- Eating utensils: Weighted utensils, plate guards, non-slip placemats, and adapted cups to assist with feeding and meal preparation.
- Writing aids: Pen grips, weighted pens, and writing splints to improve handwriting and motor control.
- Bathing and toileting aids: Shower chairs, grab bars, raised toilet seats, and long-handled sponges to enhance safety and independence in the bathroom.
- Reachers and grabbers: Extending tools to help individuals lift items without bending or stretching.
- Custom splints and orthotics: These devices are used to provide extra support and allow for proper alignment. Custom splints and orthotics are intended to restore functions in the affected area. Examples include ankle braces, finger splints, and spinal braces.
- Ergonomics: Ergonomics helps patients modify their workplace while managing their condition and accompanying symptoms. An OT will assess the different products and systems that need to be rearranged to fit the patient using them. The purpose is to reduce the risk of injury by improving the workspace environment.
Occupational therapy can teach you how to participate in everyday tasks and the activities you enjoy. Our rehabilitation programs at Dockery & Associates Physical Therapy will help you achieve goals to develop, improve, and maintain skills required for daily living and working.
Want to learn more about the benefits of occupational therapy? Call our clinic today at (256) 285-4352 to discover how our treatments can help you in recovery!
Your Next Steps…
Request An Appointment
Receive A Custom Treatment Plan
Work Hard and Progress In Your Recovery
Recover & Enjoy Life Pain-Free!