Occupational Therapy

The expert therapists in Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Occupational Therapy Program are here to help you regain the skills you need to accomplish everyday tasks and to get back into your life following an injury, illness or disability.

Occupational therapy program highlights:

• Occupational therapy can help with activities of daily living, such dressing and feeding yourself, writing, shopping and banking, toileting, or transferring to a bed, toilet or tub. 

•  If needed, you can be fitted for a wheelchair, learn wheelchair skills or learn to drive using adaptive equipment.

• Get back to work and learn how to do your job more simply and effectively.

• Learn to use durable medical equipment (DME), such as commodes and tub seats.

• Receive endurance and strength training and learn energy conservation and joint protection techniques.

• Receive a home evaluation to determine if your home is safe and accessible.

• Receive vital education on how to live with maximum independence and function.

• Other highlights include custom splinting and casting, sensory stimulation, cognitive, perceptual and motor training, visual retraining and home exercise programs. 

Occupational therapy is appropriate following:

• Amputation

• Arthritis

• Brain injury

• Burns

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

• Generalized weakness 

• Hand injuries

• Joint fracture or replacement 

• Multi-trauma injuries

• Neuromuscular disorders (MS, MD, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease) 

• Parkinson's disease

• Spinal cord injury

• Stroke

• Work injuries