When you are recovering from an illness or injury, you may need help learning how to participate in your daily activities. That’s where Columbus Community Hospital’s occupational therapists come in.
Occupational therapists (OTs) specialize in restoring function, overcoming limitations and preventing further injury. Our OTs are experts at adapting your environment and giving you the tools you need to live life successfully.
Our services
Our occupational therapists provide care in the following settings: inpatient, outpatient, and in patients’ home/work environments.
We provide the following treatments and therapies:
- Concussion management
- Parkinson's Wellness Program
- Thrive Cancer Rehabilitation Care
- Driver rehabilitation program
- Lymphedema therapy
- Hand therapy and custom splinting
- Upper extremity amputation
- Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
- Wheelchair evaluations
- Low vision/vision rehabilitation
- Aquatic therapy
- Orthopedics
- Ergonomics
- Arthritis care
We also provide therapy and treatments for the following conditions and injuries:
- Stroke/traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Upper extremity amputation
- Cognitive impairments
Changes in physical, mental and sensory abilities can create challenges for you that may hamper your ability to drive safely.
The occupational therapists in Columbus Community Hospital’s Driver Rehabilitation Program are trained to recognize the impact medical conditions and the aging process may have on driving performances.
They can provide you with the most advanced training and vehicle modifications so you can drive safely.
Our services
To participate in our Driver Rehabilitation Program, you must be 16 or older, have a driver’s license or learner’s permit and suffer from a condition that may impact your driving performance.
Our Driver Rehabilitation Program may benefit people who have:
- Neurological impairments due to brain injuries, strokes, Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Orthopedic impairments
- Amputations
- Spinal cord injuries
- Memory deficits
- Onsets of dementia
- Vision impairments
- Age-related changes
Our program begins with a two-part evaluation, which includes a clinical portion and an on-the-road session.
Following the evaluation, the occupational therapists may recommend driver retraining sessions and/or vehicle modifications. If driving is no longer recommended, the occupational therapists will discuss other resources for transportation.
Columbus Community Hospital’s Rehab Services at the Columbus Wellness Center offers on-site visual therapy that uses the latest technology to provide exemplary care to local patients. Occupational therapists (OTs) offer specialized therapy for vision challenges caused by a neurological event or low vision, including difficulties with:
- Reading
- Seeing objects that are close
- Locating items in the periphery
- Interacting in a busy environment
- Other vision challenges
Occupational therapists will meet with you to conduct a comprehensive evaluation and provide tools and techniques that can help improve your visual performance with daily activities.
Our services
CCH's OTs use state-of-the-art technology, including the Senaptec Sensory Station, which can assess 10 sensory parameters and provide training on all these skills. The system helps CCH's OTs determine your strengths and opportunities to improve sensory performance. Then, the therapists create a custom training plan for the areas that need improvement. The technology uses activities that are designed to help you improve hand-eye coordination, perception, near-far quickness, depth perception and more.
CCH also offers visual rehabilitation through targeted visual activities to address specific goals such as:
- Driving
- Returning to work
- Returning to sport
- Using the computer or phone
- Improving school performance
Your hands are at the center of everything you do, and when you have trouble using them, that can severely impact your quality of life. At Columbus Community Hospital, our occupational therapists work one on one with you to help you recover.
Hand therapy can benefit patients of all ages with numerous finger, tendon, hand and wrist injuries, such as:
- Arthritis and joint pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Finger replantation and crush injuries
- Ligament transfers and repairs
- Nerve injuries
- Tendonitis
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Trigger finger
- Customized splinting needs