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Occupational Therapy at City Hospital
What is Occupational Therapy or OT?
Occupational therapy (OT) is a science-driven therapy focusing on rehabilitation of daily life functioning through the medium of performing activities. OT is a large scope of practice that focuses on improving functioning in the follow areas: ADL (bathing, dressing, feeding, self-care), IADL (home management, money management, community mobility).
Orthopedic Lower Extremity Conditions
Target Areas:
- Total Hip Replacements
- Total Knee Replacements
OT Treatment - What an Occupational Therapist Can Do For You:
- Training in ADLs, IADLs, and adaptive equipment- Bathing, dressing, self-care, home management
- Joint protection or energy conservation techniques
- Therapeutic activities and exercise
- Pain management
- Education for post-surgical or post-injury safety
Hand Therapy
Target Areas:
- Upper extremity impairments including shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand injuries
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Fractures of the arm, wrist, and hand
- Post-surgical tendon repairs
- Arthritis
- Nerve impairments such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel
- Inflammations of muscles, tendons, and nerves in upper extremity such as tendonitis
OT Treatment - What an Occupational Therapist Can Do For You:
- Training in ADLs, IADLs, and adaptive equipment
- Joint protection or energy conservation techniques
- Orthotic/splint fitting, fabrication, and training
- Desensitization/sensory re-education
- Ergonomic and activity modification in home and work
- Therapeutic activities and exercise
- Scar and pain management
- Education for post-surgical or post-injury safety
- Readiness to return to work
Lymphedema
Target Areas:
- Edema in upper and lower extremities
Neuro-Rehabilitation
Target Areas:
- Stroke (CVA)
- Brain Injury
OT Treatment - What an Occupational Therapist Can Do For You:
- Rehabilitation of physical and cognitive challenges brought on by stroke to help survivors return to engaging in daily life activities.
- Training in activity modification in home and work
- ADL, IADL, adaptive equipment, and work-related training
- Community re-integration training
- Sensory re-education
- Therapeutic activities and exercises
Low Vision
What is Low Vision?
Low vision is a vision impairment that can cause difficulty in seeing detailed letters in numbers when reading, recognizing facial features, locating and recognizing the shape of steps, or having difficulty distinguishing between colors. Adults with these problems may have trouble maintaining their independence and completing typical day-to-day activities. And this is where occupational therapy can help you.
OT Treatment - What an Occupational Therapist Can Do For You:
- Evaluate a person’s home and work environment to determine needed home modifications to accommodate remaining vision.
- Activity modification and training of assistive devices
- Home modification education- increase lighting, reduce clutter, labeling of items, color-coding for contrast, etc.
- ADL, IADL, leisure, and work training
- Therapeutic activities and exercises
- Client safety education
Work-related Injury and Work Hardening
What is the Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)?
The FCE is a comprehensive objective test of an individual’s ability to perform work-related tasks. An FCE has a musculoskeletal base and performance is rated; physical abilities and limitations are compared to physical and functional findings. An FCE is performed one-on-one between the evaluator and client on one or two days for several hours of intense evaluation. The purpose of the test is to stress the physical abilities of the client to safe.
Todd M. Anderson, OTR/L, CHT, CEAS, CLT
Todd received his Occupational Therapy degree from Creighton University in 1991. He has worked at WVUH-East City Hospital as the primary hand therapist since 1998. Todd received his Certification in Hand Therapy in 2001. He has also received training on ergonomics assessment and is a Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist. He also has a certification in complete decongestive therapy for the treatment of lymphedema, a condition of swelling usually in the extremities. Todd's clinical practice includes hand injury, injured worker rehabilitation, stroke rehabilitation, and lymphedema treatment.
Krista Kendall, BS, MOT, OTR/L
Krista graduated from West Virginia University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Performance and Exercise Physiology and a Master of Occupational Therapy. Krista currently works within the following settings: pediatrics, outpatient hands and upper extremity injuries, and some inpatient care including stroke and orthopedics. Krista has had specialized training in Low Vision Rehabilitation, Muscle Energy therapy and positional release, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and specialized Dementia training. In the future, Krista would like to obtain her Sensory Integration and Praxis Testing (SIPT) Certification to utilize with her pediatric clients and possibly become certified in hand therapy.
Kelsey Ritenour
Kelsey received her bachelor's degree in biology from Virginia Tech in 2004. In December of 2009, she received her master's of occupational therapy from Shenandoah University. She currently works both in the inpatient and outpatient settings and enjoys working with people of all ages and dysfunctions. She is interested in pursuing certification in low vision and stroke rehabilitation.