Occupational Therapy
When some people say work is life, they may actually not be kidding. Losing time from work, therefore, can be a highly stressful experience that compounds the actual pain and/or injury having occurred. Occupational therapists can therefore help you return to a regular and functional life, both at work as well as at home.
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They do this by:
- Evaluating your psychological abilities and strategies of coping with your living conditions.
- Assessing your environment and materials you habitually use to perform your functional tasks.
- Considering the support structures around you, including your family, friends, peers, and colleagues.
- Establishing your functional abilities and limits, from strength and balance to coordination.
The approach is to assist regaining and retaining the full range
and scope of activities and abilities, using a combination of treatments and
therapies as chosen by the occupational therapist.
The therapist’s ultimate goal is to help make the use of your environment most efficiently while adapting the materials you use in your daily life.
