Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy is a form of treatment that can help children and people of all ages with pain, illness, or a disability that makes it difficult to do important daily tasks. An occupational therapist, or OT, will help you develop new ways of doing common tasks such as schoolwork, specific functions of your job, household chores, or even participating in physical activities.

Our dedicated team of occupational therapists helps individuals adapt to perform the tasks they want and need to do either through modification of activities or with the use of assistive devices.

How Does Occupational Therapy Work?

We’ll start by conducting an individualized skilled evaluation. We will confirm your goals and create a tailored treatment plan for you. We regularly conduct evaluations throughout treatment to ensure the plan is effective and that the goals are being met. Adjustments to treatment or plan are made as needed.

Each individual is unique when it comes to treatment, and our goal is to ensure you’re able to do the important things to you. Ultimately, Occupational Therapy takes partnership between the therapist, patient and parents (when working with children), as it is vital to have consistency at home, too.

Occupational Therapy Can Help With

Can Occupational Therapy help me?

Occupational Therapy can be an effective treatment for anyone – at any age – who is struggling to perform daily tasks. We work with patients who have mild, moderate, and even severe issues to get you back to doing important things in life.

Working with an “OT” can give you the tools to feel more independent and help you perform tasks more easily or with less pain.

When Should I Seek Occupational Therapy?

There are a few medical conditions where your primary care or specialist might encourage you to seek Occupational Therapy:

• Autism
• Arthritis
• Chronic pain
• Stroke
• Joint replacement
• Vision issues
• Memory conditions such as dementia or Alzheimer’s
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Cerebral Palsy
• Mental health or behavioral problems

For babies and young children, Occupational Therapy can help address developmental delays from birth defects or post-natal damage to the brain, ADHD, juvenile arthritis, autism, or burns.

MNRI Therapy

MNRI Therapy works to help you regulate your body to increase emotional stress management and improve fine and gross motor skills. This therapy also assists patients who are experiencing learning challenges with reading, math, handwriting skills, feeding problems and more. MNRI Therapy gets to the root of an underlying problem by working on primitive reflexes, which are the involuntary motor responses that come from the Central Nervous System and originate during early child development.

At Elite DNA, we provide MNRI Therapy for ages 3 and up, and it can help anyone who is experiencing underlying issues. 

MNRI Therapy can help children, adolescents and adults who experiencing any of the following issues:

What can I expect from Occupational Therapy?

You can expect a one-on-one evaluation with an Occupational Therapist for your first appointment. Each follow-up appointment will be dedicated to the implementation of your treatment plan. 

Our comfortable Fort Myers-Plantation office is fully set up for in-person appointments and we offer telehealth services anywhere in Florida. 

If you are a telehealth patient, our team may recommend items needed for you to participate in your session.

Our Approach to Occupational Therapy

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