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Occupational Therapy

Your mind, body and environment play important roles in healthy living. Occupational therapy specialists at Sentara create care plans that help you make the most of your abilities.

Occupational Therapy: Why Choose Sentara?

Specialists in our occupational therapy program understand your unique needs and design individualized treatment plans to address them. Program highlights include:

  • Expert team: Our certified specialists are occupational therapy experts. Our team has extra education and training in helping people who have conditions that make it hard to be independent. Meet our experts.
  • Collaborative care: Our experts work together on your personal care plan. This team approach ensures you get all the care you need in the same place.
  • Convenience: We offer occupational therapy at centers throughout Virginia and eastern North Carolina. You can find care right in your community.

Occupational Therapy Services

Our trained therapists help you learn (or relearn) the skills you need to take part in daily activities. We also help you manage mobility issues and concerns with sensory integration (how we process information from our five senses). We offer:

Adaptive equipment

We teach you to use equipment that helps you be more independent, including:

  • Bath and shower chairs
  • Canes, crutches, walkers and scooters
  • Computer software and hardware that helps you understand and communicate
  • Devices that help you perform household and other tasks
  • Hearing aids

Our specialists provide wheelchair evaluation services to make sure your equipment is right for you. We teach your family members and caregivers how to assist you as you recover.

Motor skills development

Our therapists design plans to help restore gross motor skills - movements that use large muscles, such as walking or running. We also focus on building fine motor skills like writing or buttoning a coat.

We create activities that help you build coordination so you can use different body parts together. Our hand therapy specialists help you develop grip strength and coordination between your eye and hand.

Neuro rehabilitation

Our occupational therapists work closely with our neurological rehabilitation team. We use specific exercises to strengthen your sensory integration and your ability to think and perceive the world around you.

Physical therapy

We design personalized physical therapy programs with specific exercises that help you:

  • Build strength
  • Increase range of motion
  • Move with confidence

Our lymphedema therapy specialists help reduce swelling with compression therapy, massage and exercises. We also offer equipment such as splints and braces to support you as you heal and get stronger.

Return-to-work rehabilitation

Our occupational therapists can help you get back to work after illness or injury. Our return-to-work rehabilitation team works with you and your employer to make workplace changes to help you return safely. We also offer specific exercises to condition your mind and body for work after injury or illness.

Site assessment

We visit your home or workplace to find ways to improve your ability to move and be productive. Our team makes it easier for you to be independent in your environment.

Conditions We Treat With Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy can help you heal and recover after illness or injury. This therapy also helps you remain independent when you're living with a neurological condition. We help you manage the impacts of:

  • Amputations
  • Bone injury or weakness
  • Brain and spinal cord injuries
  • Burns
  • Degenerative conditions, such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease
  • Perception or visual changes
  • Stroke

Benefits of Occupational Therapy

We design custom therapy programs that help you:

  • Feel more confident
  • Improve coordination
  • Manage household and workplace tasks
  • Recover from injury, illness or surgery

Our specialists help you feel your best and get stronger. Learn more helpful patient information before your occupational therapy visit.

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