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Can Occupational Therapy Improve Your Quality of Life?

Get your life back by learning latest ways to do once-easy activities which might be now difficult.

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How OT works

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Sometimes this adjustment involves training you to make use of adaptive equipment to make each day activities easier. “There are so many tools, it can be overwhelming if you don't know what you need,” says Pinsens.

For example, there are tools to show you how to eat if you’ve gotten difficulty grasping: specially shaped utensils, and curved bowls and plates that show you how to load food onto your fork. There are adaptive equipment to show you how to in the lavatory (shower chairs, toilet seats, and hygiene aids) and to show you how to dress (placed on socks and shoes, shirt buttons, and elastic shoelaces). (durable goods for).

OT can also include an exercise program to strengthen the muscles around joints which might be so painful that they prevent you from doing an activity. The advantage is that you just don't must suffer. “We can help you do some of life's most meaningful activities more easily,” says Pinsons.

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