The Occupational Therapy staff at OSF St. Francis Hospital works with people who have a variety of disabilities to increase their independence in activities of daily living. The occupational therapist works with patients, as well as other allied health professionals, to offer a high quality of care. The main goals of occupational therapy focus on reducing limitation, increasing self care skills, obtaining maximum functional independence and preparing for employment.

Services offered in Occupational Therapy include, but are not limited to:

• Stroke Rehabilitation
• Neuromuscular Re-education
• Visual-Perceptual Motor Training
• Cognitive Retraining
• Basic/Advanced ADL's
• Assistive/Adaptive Equipment
• Range-of-Motion (U.E.-Hand)
• Joint Mobilization
• Fine Motor Coordination
• Therapeutic/Functional Exercise
• U.E. Splint Fabrication
• Prevocational Training
• Developmental Level Assessment
• Joint Protection Instruction
• Energy Conservation Instruction
• Work Simplification Instruction
• Sensory Integration
• Transfer Skills
• Body Mechanics Instruction
• Functional Work Capacity Evaluation
• Work Hardening
• Home Living Assessment
• Home Instruction
• Work site evaluation to reduce job-related injuries
• Musculoskeletal injuries (strains/sprains)
• Physical Agent Modalities--ultrasound, hot/cold packs, paraffin, iontophoresis, biofeedback
• Cumulative trauma rehabilitation
• Head/spinal cord injury rehabilitation