Boles, MO Occupational Therapy

Boles, MO Occupational Therapy. Living life, working, and staying active require physical ability as well as cognitive, psychological, and social skills. For someone with an injury, disability, or illness, performing some of these everyday tasks can be difficult. However, the right Boles, MO occupational therapy intervention can restore the abilities that make it possible for you to return to work, perform activities of daily living, and improve your overall well-being and enjoyment of life.

Axes Physical Therapy provides occupational therapy care that is informed by scientific evidence and led by our desire to help patients like you patients in Boles, MO and across Greater St. Louis. We are guided in our practice by our regard for every patient who passes through our doors and we personalize the care of every patient to their personal needs and goals. Axes’ Boles, MO occupational therapy program is headed by licensed occupational therapists who have years of experience treating patients and are qualified to provide advanced care in specific treatment areas. Receive world-class occupational therapy at the locally owned and operated Axes facility most convenient for you. Take the first step towards recovery and independence by contacting us online or finding the location closest to you.

What is Occupational Therapy?

According to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, occupational therapy is “a client-centered health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation.” This promotion of health and well-being can include a focus on domains such as physical, cognitive, sensory-perceptual, and psychosocial performance and abilities as they relate to your ability to engage in the daily activities you encounter. The result of successful Boles, MO occupational therapy treatment is to restore an enhanced level of well-being for the individual receiving care. How this is measured and what strategies are employed to accomplish this depends on the needs and goals of the individual.

Axes Boles, MO occupational therapists serve anyone whose ability to perform on the job or complete everyday activities has been impacted by an injury or illness. Specifically, our Boles, MO occupational therapy team evaluates and treats loss of ability or function of the upper extremity, elbow, forearm, and hand-related to an injury or illness. Additionally, our Boles, MO occupational therapy team is here to assist those that are looking to return to work safely after and injury. To help you regain the abilities needed to perform your job, your occupational therapist will work with you on material handling, lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, and any other job-specific functions.

In occupational therapy in Boles, MO, you will work with a licensed Occupational Therapist, or OT, who will apply their expertise to select the appropriate education, splinting, excercises, activity modifications, and other interventions to help you become able to perform the everyday activities, or occupations, you wish to do. Because you have a unique set of everyday activities that are important to you, the goals, methods, and outcomes of your Boles, MO occupational therapy journey will be unique to you as well. Boles, MO occupational therapy is used to help anyone who has difficulty performing activities that that are a part of their daily life, known as an activity of daily living, or ADL. Boles, MO occupational therapy patients can be individuals with significant developmental disabilities, stroke victims and surgery patietns, people of advanced age adjusting to their changing bodies, people who are hurt on the job — essentially, occupational therapy patients can be anyone in Boles, MO.

Who Benefits from Boles, MO Occupational Therapy?

Boles, MO occupational therapy is a type of care that addresses a patient’s individual needs and goals in relation to their environments–such as school, work,or home–and through all realms of functioning, including physical, psychological, cognitive, and social. Patients who can use Boles, MO occupational therapy to improve their well-being include essentially anyone. At Axes, we see Boles, MO occupational therapy patients including young children to older adults to a typically healthy adult with an injury. Boles, MO occupational therapy is integral not only as a tool of rehabilitation for anyone with an illness, injury, impairment, or disability that affects their ability to perform daily activities but also as a preventative measure to protect those at risk of developing an impairment or disability.

We use Boles, MO occupational therapy to help individuals with many different disabilities, injuries, and conditions, such as:

Acute upper extremity injuries
Amputations
Arthritis and other joint disorders
Burns
Cancer
Chronic pain
Fractures
Muscle weakness
Neurological disorders
Overuse injuries
Surgery
Tendon injuries
Traumatic brain injury
Visual or cognitive deficits
Work injuries

The patient plays an integral role in shaping their Boles, MO occupational therapy treatment. Your personal treatment plan is based on the activities you wish to resume. Boles, MO occupational therapy can be successful in addressing a wide range of tasks and goals depending on your individual needs. Some of the common uses of occupational therapy are improving:

Self care such as personal hygiene and eating
Sleep
Meal preparation
Dressing
Mobility, sitting, and standing
Joint protection
Sensation recovery
Ability to return to work, school, and other activities

What to Expect in Boles, MO Occupational Therapy

Your personal occupational therapy treatment is based on your specific needs, daily activities, and limitations. Your Axes Boles, MO occupational therapist is integral in using your information to guide your treatment plan. It is their responsibility to shape a treatment program that will address your concerns and give you the skills you need to go about your everyday life as safely and independently as possible. When you seek Boles, MO occupational therapy, your OT will do the following:

Evaluation
In order to understand your limitations and goals, you will undergo an initial assessment by your OT, along with ongoing evaluations as you progress in your treatment. If your ability to perform your work is affected, there will be an emphasis on the activities you are expected to perform.
Planning
Next, your occupational therapist will create a personal treatment plan. To do that, they will draw from their extensive understanding of the most current evidence-based occupational therapy practices and apply them to your individual needs and goals. Treatment will be a series of interventions aimed at the development of a skill, modification of an activity; retention of a declining skill; promotion of health, wellness, and self-care; and injury prevention.
Intervention
With a plan in place, your occupational therapist will introduce a program that will enhance your ability to perform daily activities or work safely. Depending on your exact needs and your usual environments, you might see any of the following interventions:
- Exercises and activities
- Training and education
- Development of skills
- Modification of environments and adaptation of activities
- Assistive devices
- Cognitive, sensory, and manual therapies
Collaboration
To truly deliver effective occupational therapy, we rely on the involvement and input of the people in your life. Care that is so personalized requires conhesion in terms of communication between you, your OT, family members, and other providers who are involved in your everyday life.