Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy focuses on helping individuals with neurological conditions regain independence and improve daily functioning. It involves personalized treatment plans that address motor skills, coordination, strength, and cognitive abilities, using exercises, adaptive strategies, and assistive devices to support tasks like dressing, cooking, driving, or returning to work. The goal is to optimize physical, mental, and emotional well-being, enabling patients to participate more fully in their daily lives and community activities.

• Self-care challenges such as difficulty with toileting, showering, dressing, or feeding

• A desire to return to work, school, leisure activities or travel after a medical event

• Executive Function challenges (organizing, planning, executing, evaluating)

• Difficulty managing your medications

• Difficulty with hand coordination or fine motor skills

• Concerns about intimacy & sex after stroke/illness/injury

• Trouble building a healthy daily routine

• Handwriting difficulties

• A desire to return to driving after a neurologic event (we can help with clinical testing & guidance)

• Trouble caring for a pet after stroke, brain or spinal cord injury

• Functional challenges after surgery or other medical event

• Sleep challenges or you need help with a sleep hygiene program

• Ataxia

• Dystonia or Dyspraxia

• Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

• Concussion

• Parkinson's disease (PD)

Speech Therapy

Neurologic speech therapy focuses on helping individuals with neurological conditions, such as stroke, brain injury, or neurodegenerative diseases, improve their communication, swallowing, and cognitive-communication abilities. Therapists work on addressing challenges like speaking, understanding language, memory, and problem-solving, as well as managing swallowing difficulties (dysphagia). Through targeted exercises, strategies, and techniques, the therapy aims to enhance speech clarity, cognitive functions, and overall quality of life, helping individuals regain their ability to communicate effectively and safely eat or drink.

• Difficulty with or inability to swallow

• Trouble with food going down “the wrong way” or getting stuck in the mouth, throat or chest

• Trouble moving your mouth, tongue, and/or lips

• Uncoordinated or weak facial muscles

• Difficulty making some or all sounds or slurring words

• Scratchy or unusual vocal quality

• Aphasia

• Difficulty understanding spoken or written words

• Trouble expressing your wants or needs

• Trouble finding the right word(s) or saying the wrong word

• Problems with switching sounds in words (“wish dasher" for "dishwasher"

• New or increased difficulty with spelling/written word formation or mat

• Confusion regarding orientation (who you are, where you are, time/date

• Difficulty managing medications

• Problems with forgetting important dates and appointment

• Increased difficulty paying attention to tasks

• Forgetfulness or confusion

• Problems following conversations

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy focuses on improving mobility, strength, coordination, and balance through personalized exercises, techniques and strategies. Therapists work to help individuals regain function in affected areas, enhance walking ability, and reduce the risk of falls, all while addressing any muscle weakness, spasticity, or range-of-motion limitations. The goal is to improve independence in daily activities and optimize overall physical functioning, often incorporating both therapeutic exercises and adaptive strategies to help patients return to their routines and participate fully in life.

Physical Therapy may help if you have:

• Movement differences or difficulties resulting from Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury / Acquired Brain Injury

• Ataxia

• Hemiplegia

• Balance issues

• Difficulty walking

• Trouble going up/down stairs

• Difficulty getting down to / up from the floor safely

• Impaired body awareness

• Endurance challenges