Occupational Therapy
Logan health Rehabilitation offers Occupational Therapy Services offers a driving program that is unique to the region. It provides important evaluation and training to elderly, recently injured or disabled drivers. Prior to an on-the-road assessment with our specially equipped vehicle, an occupational therapist performs an in-clinic safety evaluation that includes visual perception and reaction time. This program provides assurance to the patient, patient's family and physician that the patient is safe to drive.
Our Occupational Therapy Services
Occupational therapists evaluate and treat patients with:
- Orthopedic conditions
- Postoperative rehabilitation
- Prosthetic fabrication after surgery or injury (hand splints)
- Cumulative trauma and repetitive motion injuries
- Work injuries
- Hand dexterity problems
- Hand, elbow and wrist injuries
- Neurological rehabilitation needs (post-stroke, head injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- SaeboFlex (hand splint to assist with grasp and release post-stroke)
- Arthritis
- Spinal cord injuries
- Home safety issues
- Visual perceptual disorders
- Community re-entry issues
- Driver safety issues and driver education needs
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Pediatric occupational therapists evaluate and treat patients with:
- Self-care skills including feeding, dressing and grooming
- Hand strengthening and coordination skills required for activities such as cutting with scissors, coloring, writing, buttoning, using feeding utensils, etc.
- Sensory motor processing and integration
- Upper extremity (shoulder, arm and hand) splinting
- Recommendation, training and use of adaptive equipment
- Neurodevelopmental treatment
- Visual motor and handwriting skills
