Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists, focus more on fine, small movements. In short, occupational therapists help patients perform many acts of day-to-day living: grasping utensils, working doorknobs and faucets, using remote controls, dressing, flipping through books, and so much else that requires fine motor control.

Being able to perform these actions that so many of us take for granted reduces the patient’s dependence on other people and allows her to stay occupied by doing the things she enjoys. Think about how much easier it is to socialize and bond with someone when you can make tea, share a meal, and deal a deck of cards.

That is what an occupational therapist offers to her patients: the ability to exist beyond the boundaries of one’s ailment and live as a self-actualized, social human being.