Occupational Therapy

As professionals in the health care system, the Occupational Therapists at Sioux City Physical Therapy have a lot to offer their patients/clients.

Our Therapists have the expertise and knowledge to:

Enhance safety and autonomy in your own home,

Educate you on how to recognize potential problems and suggest ways for continued participation in activities that are meaningful to you,

Iincrease a person's ability to engage in meaningful pursuits:

Example: OTs can enable a person to decide how their time and energy will be used so that he/she can enjoy engaging in meaningful activity each day,

Educate you on fall prevention,

Provide home evaluations and recommendations for architectural modifications if necessary,

Assist in the promotion of independence, prevent disability, and maintain wellness through the use of adaptive equipment, exercise, and assessment of safety for those living at home,

Retrain a person in dressing, grooming, homemaking, and other life skills during and after serious illness or injury (such as stroke, heart attack, head injury, hip fracture, etc.),

Work on remediation for cognitive/perceptual deficits that may have resulted from head/brain injury,

Enhance or compensate for low vision,

Instruct a person in exercises to improve strength, balance, orientation, and/or mobility,

Provide therapy for increasing a person's skills in community living, coping/stress management, and organization for success in work, school, or leisure for those whose lives are impaired by social or emotional problems,

Provide resources for products and services that are available to you.

Jean Gill, MSOTR/L, certified in Hippotherapy