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Occupational Physical Therapy Services

What is occupational therapy? You may need to have occupational therapy if you have been injured, or have a chronic condition that affects your ability to complete daily activities. Your occupational therapist can not only treat your physical body, but your motor skills, emotions, and behavior as well. At Evolve, our team can help you reach all your daily living goals.

What is occupational therapy?

You may need to have to go in for occupational therapy if you have been injured or have a chronic condition that affects your ability to complete daily activities. Your occupational therapist can not only treat your physical body, but your motor skills, emotions, and quality of life as well. At Evolve, our team can help you reach all your daily living goals with our specialized occupational therapy services.

How can an occupational therapist help you?

Every occupational therapy plan will start with an evaluation of your health history, recent injuries, as well as what activities you need help with to perform your normal daily routines. We will use this information and work with you to create your individual occupational therapy treatment plan. An occupational therapist can also help you with the following: 

  • Education on how to prevent injuries

  • We can educate you on your individual healing and treatment process

  • Train and educate you on how to complete daily activities correctly.

  • We can also teach you how to modify and adjust daily living activities to be more comfortable and ergonomically correct.

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Where can I find an occupational therapist?

Occupational therapists work with people of all ages. You can find them almost anywhere including:

  • Physical Therapy Clinics

  • Schools

  • Hospitals

  • Home Health Care

  • Assisted Living Facilities

  • Outpatient Medical Centers

What can an occupational therapist assist you with?

There are many different activities of daily living that they can help you relearn how to do. Below are a few examples

  • Dressing

  • Bathing

  • Eating

  • Functional Mobility

  • Communication

  • Meal Prep

  • Work Activities 

  • And more!

What kinds of injuries or health problems can your occupational therapist help with?

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Below are a few of the many different conditions that our team can assist with.

Arthritis: This is inflammation of your joints that causes pain and can get worse over time. An occupational therapist can teach you how to adjust your home or place of work to better suit your condition. They can also help you learn how to modify your everyday activities. 

Stroke:  When someone has a stroke, depending on how large it is and what area of the brain is affected, you may need occupational therapy to relearn daily activities. 

Brain Injury: Depending on the severity and the type of brain injury that you have, you may need to work with an occupational therapist to relearn how to complete daily tasks and regain anything that you may have lost.

Joint Replacements: Having a joint replaced can be a painful process. You may realize after your surgery that you are struggling to regain the mobility that you once had. This is where physical and occupational therapy comes in. By taking part in a plan that has been customized to your abilities you can learn how to take your life back.

Multiple Sclerosis: If you have multiple sclerosis an occupational therapist can help you with daily living activities, home management tasks, and work related duties. Each of these can be tailored to suit your current activity levels.

Our Occupational Therapy Services Can Help You Check Off All Your Daily Living Goals

Here at Evolve, our highly skilled team is ready to help you find the strength and mobility you need to get your daily life back in order. With years of experience in the physical therapy field, we know that every body and situation is different. Our holistic approach to occupational therapy will find the solutions that you need. Contact us today to schedule a consultation.  

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First we evaluate, then we heal, then we strengthen our clients so they can reach their goals, feel better, and live happier lives. We do so by utilizing a range of core techniques and specialized treatments to reduce pain, improve mobility, enhance physical strength and deal with the underlying issues, not just the pain itself.

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The Benefits of Occupational Physical Therapy for the Workplace

An Occupational Therapist (OT) helps to access people suffering from physical or even mental illness. Your OT will work with you to evaluate your injury, formulate a therapy plan to help you reach your goals, and assist you with exercises and treatment during the duration of your injury.

The Benefits of Occupational Therapy for the Workplace

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An Occupational Therapist (OT) helps to access people suffering from physical or even mental illness. Your OT will work with you to evaluate your injury, formulate a therapy plan to help you reach your goals, and assist you with exercises and treatment during the duration of your injury.

Occupational therapists often treat a large variety of work related injuries. Some of the most common of which are: Tendon inflammations, nerve disorders, and sprains. With the use of occupational therapy your therapist can help you recover from your injury and regain any skills that you may have lost along the way.

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Occupational Therapy Services

Outpatient occupational physical therapy services can assist you if you have had hand, elbow, or wrist trauma, tendonitis, neurological trauma, concussions, and other work and sports related injuries.

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Some of the following are commonly used services to assist in individual therapy treatment plans.

  • Using physical agent modalities

  • Training in adaptive techniques

  • Therapeutic exercises

  • Therapeutic activities including task simulation

  • And more!

Common Careers That See Frequent Workplace Injuries

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  1. Construction Workers: Due to the responsibilities of the job, construction workers often operate heavy machinery and do a lot of lifting. This type of movement can often result in injury that may require occupational therapy.

  2. Subway Workers: General upkeep and maintenance of the subway system can take its toll on you as well. Not to mention put you in some dangerous situations that may result in injury.

  3. Taxi Drivers: As a driver, there is always the possibility of getting into a wreck or a car accident.

  4. Sanitation Workers: Workers in the sanitation field face the risk of physical injury on the job, and the possibility of an accident caused by reckless drivers that attempt to pass their trucks.

  5. Factory Workers: Factories are not always the safest place to be employed. Whether you get injured while working with required machinery, or have health complications due to extreme environments, there is a possibility that you may need occupational therapy for your injury.

  6. Nurses: Lifting and moving patients along with other physical day to day routines may cause you to get injured on the job as a nurse.

  7. Police Officers: Officers are always on the move. Besides the dangerous aspects of their job, they also may be injured during a chase, or other daily duties, resulting in a sprain or worse.

  8. Firefighters: As another job that requires a lot of movement and high risk conditions, firefighters may also be subject to injury while on the job.

  9. Transit Workers: As driving requires prolonged periods of time sitting, holding a wheel, and potentially accidents; transit workers are common patients we see for occupational physical therapy.

  10. Office Workers: Sitting at a desk all day long is by far healthy for anyone. From bad posture to carpal tunnel, office workers are also common patients at Evolve Physical Therapy in NYC.

Have You Been Injured on The Job? Physical Therapy and Workers Compensation Claims

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An injury at work can often mean that until your recovery, you will be out of a job for some time.

As if your injury was not stressful enough as it is, now someone has to cover for you while you focus on regaining what you may have lost. Luckily, a lot of these industries with frequent on the job injuries often have plans in place for you if you have been hurt at the workplace. Some may even cover the cost for occupational physical therapy treatments .

At Evolve, we can work with you and your employer to help get you back on the job as soon as possible.

To learn more about our occupational therapy services, don’t hesitate to give us a call today- 1-718-258-3300


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