Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy works with patients from birth to end of life to help regain lost function as a result of injury or disability that keeps them from completing daily activities they need and/or want to do.
Our Occupational Therapist at Clarke County Hospital is highly skilled in evaluating, designing, and implementing a treatment plan that is appropriate to each individual's needs in the following areas:
Daily self-care and home management difficulties including:
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Feeding
- Toileting
- Cooking
- Laundry
Hand and upper extremity conditions such as:
- Shoulder injuries and pain
- Elbow, forearm and hand injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Tendon injuries
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Worker's Compensation injuries
- Arthritis
- Basic custom splinting needs
Rehabilitation following a neurological event such as:
- Stroke
- Spinal cord injury
- Brain injury
- Parkinson' disease
Our Occupational Therapist also works with individuals' needs in the following areas:
- Ergonomics Assessments
- General strengthening and reconditioning following an injury
- Low vision
- Decline in Cognition
- Pediatrics
- Developmental delay
- ADHD
Don't let limitations hold you back. If you or a loved one are facing challenges in completing daily tasks, talk with your primary care provider about a referral to our Occupational Therapist. For more information about Occupational Therapy Services at Clarke County Hospital, please call (641) 342-5340.