Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
Physical, Occupational, and Speech-Language Pathologists, support the client and the orders of the clients physician to help them achieve their maximum level of functioning. Aiding clients experiencing neurodegenerative disorders to return to as full and productive life as possible.
OMHHC Physical therapists provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. They restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health. Our patients include accident victims and individuals with disabling conditions such as low-back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.
OMHHC Therapists examine patients’ medical histories and then test and measure the patients’ strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, and motor function.Followed by, our physical therapists developing a plan describing a treatment strategy and its anticipated outcome.
OMHHC Occupational therapists help patients improve their ability to perform tasks in living and working environments. They work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabling conditions. Occupational therapists use treatments to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of their patients. Our therapist help clients not only to improve their basic motor functions and reasoning abilities, but also to compensate for permanent loss of function. Our goal is to help clients have independent, productive, and satisfying lives.
OMHHC Occupational therapists help clients to perform all types of activities, from using a computer, to caring for daily needs such as dressing, cooking, and eating. Physical exercises may be used to increase strength and dexterity, while other activities may be chosen to improve visual acuity or the ability to discern patterns. For example, a client with short-term memory loss might be encouraged to make lists to aid recall, and a person with coordination problems might be assigned exercises to improve hand-eye coordination.
OMHHC Occupational therapists also use computer programs to help clients improve decision-making, abstract-reasoning, problem-solving, and perceptual skills, as well as memory, sequencing, and coordination—all of which are important for independent living.
Patients with permanent disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, or muscular dystrophy, often need special instruction to master certain daily tasks. For these individuals, therapists demonstrate the use of adaptive equipment, including wheelchairs, orthoses, eating aids, and dressing aids. They also design or build special equipment needed at home or at work, including computer-aided adaptive equipment. They teach clients how to use the equipment to improve communication and control various situations in their environment.
OMHHC Speech-language pathologists develop an individualized plan of care, tailored to each patient’s needs. For individuals with little or no speech capability, speech-language pathologists may select augmentative or alternative communication methods, including automated devices and sign language, and teach their use.. OMHHC Speech-language pathologists teach patients how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their oral or written language skills to communicate more effectively. OMHHC Speech-language pathologists also teach individuals how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid. Speech-language pathologists help patients develop, or recover, reliable communication and swallowing skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.