I’m not sure what conditions can benefit from occupational therapy?
Great question! Occupational therapy helps patients in four main areas:
- With fine motor skills (smaller movements such as picking up objects between the thumb and finger),
- Visual-perceptual skills (the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see),
- Cognitive skills (thinking), and
- Sensory-processing problems (over sensitivity to things in the environment).
The following disabilities and conditions can benefit from occupational therapy treatment:
- Birth injuries or defects
- Traumatic injuries to the brain or spinal cord
- Developmental delays or learning problems
- Multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy
- Spina Bifida
- Chronic illnesses and pain
- Autism or sensory processing disorders
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- Mental health or behavioural problems
- Hand or foot injuries
- Memory disorders
- Broken bones or other orthopedic injuries
- Cancer
This is not an exhaustive list but it should give you an idea of the depth and breath of the assistance that an Occupational Therapist can provide.
