Understanding how to recover after an injury or surgical procedure to your hand, wrist, elbow or shoulder helps improve your overall health. Our occupational care team at Ascension St. Vincent’s Chilton in Clanton, Alabama, provides therapy services and support for chronic pain and to help you recover from an illness or injury. Our goal is to help improve your daily function. We offer outpatient occupational therapy appointments with a Registered Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist to help you return to your daily routine. In Alabama, a doctor's referral is required if you are seeking Occupational Therapy. An occupational therapy evaluation is done before therapy appointments may begin.
Your doctor may prescribe occupational therapy as part of your treatment plan. Ascension St. Vincent's Chilton occupational therapists listen to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a rehabilitation care plan that's right for you. Our occupational therapy clinic offers personalized treatment for hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder conditions and injuries. Our therapist is here to work with you and your doctor through the process from the time of your injury until you are able to return to work or your everyday activities.
Occupational therapy services
Our occupational therapy clinic offers personalized therapies by licensed therapists who treat injuries to the hand, wrist, elbow or shoulder. Our care team includes a certified hand therapist who is an occupational therapist, specially trained in hand therapy. Your care team provides specialized therapy services, including:
- Wound care
- Customized splint fabrication
- Neuromuscular rRe-education and desensitization
- Iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, ultrasound and fluidotherapy
- Scar and soft tissue massage
- Work conditioning and ergonomics training
- Arthritis education and joint protection principles
- Home exercise programs
