Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy helps individuals develop the abilities for everyday life — with "occupation" referring to the wide range of activities you do during the course of a normal day.

Via Christi occupational therapists work to help patients be as independent as possible with daily living skills. The areas of difficulty we address include:

• Vision
• Cognition
• Dressing
• Bathing
• Toileting
• Return to work
• Homemaking
• Arm and hand weakness
• Incoordination

Who can benefit from occupational therapy?

We help people who are dealing with limitations related to:

• Arm injuries/trauma
• Stroke
• Spinal cord injuries
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson's disease
• Burns
• Visual and cognitive impairments
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
• Degenerative chronic conditions
• Sensory integration or autism