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Occupational Therapy
The purpose of occupational therapy is to assist a person in restoring function lost because of disease process or injury. Occupational therapy uses functional activities help patients relearn activities of daily living skills, including:
- Self-feeding
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Using the restroom
- Meal preparation
- Household chores
- Work
- Leisure
Specialty services include:
- Hand therapy
- Customized splinting
Some of the services offered include:
- Arm and hand exercises
- Fine motor coordination
- Sensory education
- Functional activities of daily living training
- Joint protection
- Energy conservation
- Work modification
- Visual perceptual re-education
Physical Therapy
The purpose of physical therapy is to restore a person’s level of function by applying scientific principles to prevent, identify, alleviate or compensate for dysfunctions or injuries.
Specialized treatments include:
- Therapeutic strengthening exercises
- Gait training
- Muscle re-education
- Balance/vestibular rehabilitation
- Fall prevention
- Joint and soft tissue mobilization
- Range of motion
- Coordination activities
- Endurance training
- Flexibility training
- Sports related injuries
- Orthopedic rehabilitation
- Spinal and soft tissue mobilization
Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-language pathology specializes in providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment for speech, language, voice, cognitive and swallowing disorders that result from a variety of conditions, including:
- Strokes
- Head and neck cancer
- Vocal cord disorders
- Degenerative disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Dementia
- Dysfluency
- Stuttering
- Laryngectomy
- Nerve damage to muscles associated with speech or swallowing
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6019 Walnut Grove Rd.
Memphis, Tenn. 38120
(901) 226-5000
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