A car accident, a complex orthopedic surgery, a long-term illness, or a chronic condition, such as diabetes, can impact people in numerous ways–subtle and not subtle. This is when the role of occupational therapy comes in. Occupational therapy is one of the ways patients can regain the movement, functionality, and independence they desire.
Let’s talk about how OT can get you or a loved one back to everyday life in the fullest ways possible and where you can go to receive such therapy in Sherman, TX.
What Does an Occupational Therapist Do?
Highly trained and experienced in helping to recover the basic skills of day-to-day life, an occupational therapist works with other healthcare providers in the rehabilitation environment. This therapist conducts detailed physical and psychosocial assessments, provides modifications to the home and workplace, and helps patients successfully attain their recovery goals. For people with impairments in movement, balance, strength, coordination, cognition, speech, and more, the occupational therapist custom-makes plans to achieve success safely and to retain new and relearned skills.
Occupational Therapy at a Rehabilitation Hospital
Occupational therapists assist in-patients with various challenges and impairments related to:
- Chronic pain from arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems
- Stroke and other neurological issues
- Memory and cognition
- Limb amputation
- Spine or brain injury
- Complex orthopedic surgery, such as the knee, shoulder, or hip replacement
- Balance, strength, and coordination
- Speech and language deficits
- Low vision
- Mental health diagnoses, such as schizophrenia, ADHD, and others
- Cancer and cancer treatment
- Diabetes, heart disease, and related nerve and circulation issues, such as peripheral neuropathy
- Cerebral palsy
- Multiple sclerosis
Patients who undertake an occupational therapy program learn innovative ways to prepare meals, dress more easily, climb stairs safely, and do their on-the-job tasks with maximum efficiency and limited risk of injury. In fact, occupational therapy adjusts the patient’s daily environment, too–whether it’s at school, work, or home–to optimize success and improve independence.
With an intensive inpatient care and rehabilitation program we provide 24/7, patients enjoy occupational therapy coordinated with physical therapy and medical reconditioning as needed. People learn how to manage pain and fatigue, reduce stress on compromised joints and muscles and break tasks down into more manageable pieces. Assistive and support devices, such as splints, taping, canes, and more, fall under the purview of the occupational therapist, too.
Occupational Therapy at Carrus Rehabilitation Hospital
We welcome you to learn what inpatient rehabilitation at Carrus involves. Our state-of-the-art facility in Sherman, TX, has everything a rehabbing patient needs right on site–from beautiful rooms to telemetry and onsite radiology services to fully equipped physical and occupational therapy suites.
If you or a loved one is being discharged from the hospital and you wish to gain the strength, skills, and confidence needed to live life well, call Carrus Rehabilitation Hospital today at (903) 870-2600 for a consultation. Our mission is to help you in your best possible functionality and health.
