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What is Occupational Therapy? “You’d like to brush your hair if you could only raise you arm if you could just move the muscles so you could get our of bed so you could walk to the mirror like you used to every day without even thinking about it before you had the stroke.” (From AOTA) Occupational therapy helps people with permanent and temporary disabilities work towards increased independence with daily living activities and have a better quality of life. Occupational therapy helps people of all ages overcome various physical problems (i.e. orthopedic conditions, strokes, hand injuries). Occupational therapy also works with people with developmental delays, learning disabilities, or other mental health problems. Occupational therapists use everyday, purposeful activities to achieve their desired results. The goals of occupational therapy depend on the needs of each patient. Some examples of goals may be to restore or improve physical functioning, adapt a person’s surroundings, and teach new skills. Occupational therapy also works at preventing injuries and disease related to a person’s everyday life. Bluefield Regional Medical Center has a qualified occupational therapy staff who work with a variety of people to include: hospital inpatients and outpatients, patients on the skilled nursing unit, children both in the hospital and in local school systems as part of their academic program, infants in early intervention, and pulmonary rehab. We also have a very active student program to promote the growth of the profession. For any additional information on occupational therapy please contact Bluefield Regional Medical Center at 304-327-1195.
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