Chronic Pain Support Group
Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...
Has anyone here participated in occupational therapy? What for? What was it like? Did you find it helpful?
This is somewhat related to my post about work accommodations (found here: http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/18474987-work-accommodations )
I deal with autoimmune arthritis pain that makes basic tasks like holding a pen, dialing a phone or turning a key nearly impossible. This makes it incredibly difficult to look for work or plan to live alone. I'm hoping that when my insurance picks up, I'll be able to qualify for occupational therapy to help find solutions to these problems, so I'd love some real-person perspective about what OT is like.
I've never done OT, but I've done PT several times at a couple different locations: sometimes it's been incredibly helpful, but other times it's actually done more harm than good (It's been 1 full year now since my hip got popped out of place during aquatherapy with an overly pushy PTA, and I haven't been able to walk without support since.) I'm wondering how to tell a good occupational therapist from a bad one? What questions should I ask going in?
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
This is somewhat related to my post about work accommodations (found here: http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/18474987-work-accommodations )
I deal with autoimmune arthritis pain that makes basic tasks like holding a pen, dialing a phone or turning a key nearly impossible. This makes it incredibly difficult to look for work or plan to live alone. I'm hoping that when my insurance picks up, I'll be able to qualify for occupational therapy to help find solutions to these problems, so I'd love some real-person perspective about what OT is like.
I've never done OT, but I've done PT several times at a couple different locations: sometimes it's been incredibly helpful, but other times it's actually done more harm than good (It's been 1 full year now since my hip got popped out of place during aquatherapy with an overly pushy PTA, and I haven't been able to walk without support since.) I'm wondering how to tell a good occupational therapist from a bad one? What questions should I ask going in?
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
OT is a bit different that PT. As PT is done to strengthen the body and help recover from injury/surgery/illness, OT is done to adjust ones skill set/level so that employment can be found.
Generally a patient and Therapist would go over you current skill sets and your current medical/mental limitations. Once those pieces of information are known then a Goal can be set as to what you think you can do for a Job. You then work with you Occupational Therapist to reach that goal by adapting yourself physically/mentally so that you can work in the area's of your Goal.
OT is all about Adaption, Modification, Teaching and Re-learning new and old skill sets so that you can work comfortably.
Take care,
Kat
There are things you can do at home for yourself like squeezing and kneading silly putty, opening closepins and clipping them to a wire, picking up marbles one at a time and putting them in a jar, then two at a time, then three...
You can use a heating pad to warm your hands before doing the exercises.
I hope this helps.