Occupational therapy is the treatment which actively involves the patients to improve their physical, mental, psychological and psychosocial status by restoring & enhancing the performance of those skills which are essential for a self supporting lifestyle & minimize the disability , besides occupational therapy also deals in training the activities of daily living such as writing, eating, grooming, dressing, and wheelchair skills within the limits of disability enabling the patient to lead an independent life. The areas of conditions where this treatment can be applied are: orthopedics – post fracture stiffness, frozen shoulders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, ankylosingspondylitis & congenital disorders. Neurological – spinal ailments, stroke, head injury, Parkinson Disease & pediatric conditions – cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and learning disabilities. The therapists also prescribe adapted devices and splints.
