Occupational therapy is a type of care that helps you live better across a lifetime of care. During OT Month, CORA Physical Therapy is celebrating its incredible human impact. Take a quick inventory of your physical abilities. Is there anything that you’d like to do better, or feel better about while doing? Perhaps something that […]
OT Finds Strength in Serving Individuals with Autism
Individuals with Autism have a myriad of strengths. They frequently attend to details that others miss, have excellent memory skills, think linearly and logically, communicate honestly, and are experts on preferred subjects. Occupational therapists, as strength-based practitioners, harness and enhance an individual’s abilities in order to remove barriers to participation in life’s occupations. Occupational therapists […]
Occupational Therapy Month at CORA: Passion, Purpose, Possibility
During the month of April, we’re celebrating occupational therapy, our therapists at CORA Physical Therapy, and the incredible benefits it can have for you or someone you love. Happy National Occupational Therapy Month! There are many reasons why the U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks occupational therapists near the top of its “Best Jobs” […]
5 Fun Springtime Sensory Activities to Engage All Your Senses!
By Kaley Sweeney MOTR/L and Zibby Greenebaum MOTR/L, RYT-200 In occupational therapy we use sensory play to help kids effectively engage with and process the world around them in order to learn and grow. We all (kids AND adults) have our own unique patterns of sensory preferences and needs. When it comes to engaging your […]
3 Springtime Art Projects for Fine Motor Skills
Strengthen your mind, body, and soul with arts and crafts. At CORA, we focus on simplification training, fine motor and dexterity, gross motor and coordination, sensory stimulation and training in the use of neuromuscular stimulators. Arts and crafts is just one of the methods used by our occupational therapists to help patients regain strength and […]
The Golden Rule for Grooming Your Pets
By Gabrielle Burns, OTR/L, Rocky Mount, Virginia Last week Brittany Edwards, OTR/L (Roanoke, Virginia) addressed the role of Occupational Therapists (OT) in the context of helping people get dressed. However, OTs have an important job to facilitate individuals’ safety and independence not only with getting dressed but with all activities of daily living (ADL) such […]
