Occupational Therapy - Mankato, Minnesota

If an injury, disability or illness is affecting your ability to perform everyday tasks, Occupational Therapy can help. Mayo Clinic Health System's occupational therapists are experts at helping people of all ages regain their quality of life. The goal is to maximize your independence and participation in activities of daily living, essential job functions, leisure, school and social pursuits. Availability of specific care and treatment may vary by location.

Recovery is improved when you take an active role completing home exercises and functional activities, learning how to manage your symptoms and pain, and preventing reinjury.

Occupational Therapy care

Occupational therapists provide expert care for:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Arthritis
• Burns
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cerebral palsy
• Cognitive impairment (mild cognitive impairment)
• Cubital tunnel syndrome
• Dementia
• Disabilities and physical challenges
• Forearm and wrist strain or sprain
• Fractures of the forearm, wrist and fingers
• Low vision
• Lymphedema
• Multiple sclerosis
• Multiple traumas
• Muscular dystrophy
• Nerve injuries
• Neurological dysfunction
• Parkinson's disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Tendinitis and epicondylitis
• Traumatic brain injury and head injury
• Upper extremity amputation
• Visual and perceptual deficit management

Occupational Therapy services 

Occupational therapist services include:

• Activities of daily living performance
• Acute care inpatient therapy
• Adaptive equipment
• Adult day treatment
• Child development/pediatric therapy
• Clinic driving evaluation
• Cognitive evaluation
• Driving assessment
• Functional capacity evaluation
• Hand therapy
• Home safety assessment
• Individualized evaluation and goal-setting
• Industrial rehabilitation
• Job analysis
• Myotherapy
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Neuromuscular re-education
• Office ergonomics and jobsite assessment
• Orthopedic rehabilitation
• Pre-driving assessment
• Sensory diet
• Splint fabrication and training
• Therapeutic exercise program
• Transitional care
• Upper extremity splinting
• Wheelchair positioning
• Work capacity
• Worksite evaluations

How it works

Occupational therapists work closely with other health care professionals following surgery, wrist or hand injuries, immobilization by splints or casts, or a change in ability to perform everyday activities.

After a thorough evaluation, the occupational therapist and patient create an individualized treatment plan to improve, sustain or restore daily functional activities.

A treatment plan may include:

• Home safety evaluations
• Range of motion and strengthening exercises
• Splinting
• Therapeutic activities
• Training and education