Occupational Therapy for Neurological Impairments
Occupational Therapy (OT) promotes healing in people recovering from neurological conditions such as a stroke through therapy and education. The occupational therapists of the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at VHC Health assist patients as they build and re-learn skills that are important for independent functioning and activities of daily living, including functional movement, vision, and functional cognition.
Common Diagnoses seen by the Neurological Occupational Therapy team
- Brain injury
- Brain tumors
- Cerebral palsy
- Dementia/Alzheimer's disease
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Low vision
- Neuropathy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Parkinson's disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
Specialized Care Services or Equipment
- Activities of daily living education, adaptation, and training
- Adaptive equipment training
- Bioness®
- Custom Splinting
- Electric stimulation for muscle re-education
- Energy conservation and fatigue management
- Functional Cognitive Screens
- Hand & Upper Extremity rehabilitation
- Modified Constraint Induced therapy
- Saebo
- Visual/Perceptual assessment
