Occupational therapy is a type of treatment in which the patient is involved in an artificially created labor process.
The goals of occupational therapy are: restoration or maintenance of mental functions and physical condition disturbed by the disease, establishing interaction and communication with other people, and social adaptation. In addition, this type of treatment has a teaching and developmental effect. For a healthy person, work is a natural need. In many diseases, the ability to work is reduced or completely lost. The restoration of labouractivity is not only the goal of treatment but, as experience has shown, it is also a means of treating many diseases.
Occupational therapy involves helping people of all ages (from newborns to older adults) who have an illness or disability to do those things that are important and meaningful to them, for example, eating, brushing, dressing, school activities, and work. It includes working with patients after they’ve had a stroke, brain injury, orthopaedic conditions or elderly individuals experiencing physical changes, chronic pain and other conditions limiting participation in activities of daily living.
The mechanism of action of psychotherapy
The therapeutic effect of occupational therapy is achieved through a complex effect on the patient’s body:
- Improves overall well-being
- Psychotherapeutic effect
- The development of fine motor skills of the hands
- Switching attention
- Activation of brain regions responsible for the activity, activity planning and interaction with people around
- Physical activity has a therapeutic effect on the main body systems: nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, hematopoietic, excretory, digestive, immune, etc
What diseases and conditions are treated with occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy has received the greatest distribution in psychiatry – in the treatment of mental disorders and behavioral disorders. First of all, due to its high efficiency. The use of labour therapy in combination with other traditional therapeutic methods accelerates recovery, reducing the period of disability and improving the quality of life of the patient and his environment.
Occupational therapy plays a large therapeutic role in endogenous procedural diseases (past psychoses, schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders, prolonged and resistant depressive states), borderline mental disorders (personality disorders, PTSD, neurotic personality development, etc.), organic mental disorders, alcohol, drug, drug addiction.
Contraindications for occupational therapy:
- Psychoses
- Severe and moderate depressive states
- Acute infectious and inflammatory diseases
- Severe and moderate neurological disease
- Severe mental retardation
- Refusal of the patient from occupational therapy (forced labour is unacceptable)
- Individual characteristics of the patient (determined by the doctor)
Why Choose Us
Our occupational therapist Abid Ali will help you live life to its fullest no matter your health condition, disability, or risk factors. Abid will evaluate your situation and develop individualized goals that allow you to safely resume or pursue your daily activities. After you develop goals with our therapist, you will work together on a specific intervention plan involving therapeutic exercises, neuromuscular re-education, functional training, and adapting daily activities and the environment to promote safe participation in daily life.
Abid will also educate and train family members/caregivers on specific strategies on how to assist the patient in a way that is efficient and safe for both the patient and the caregiver. This hands-on training can include how to perform functional transfers (e.g. wheelchair to car, getting in and out of bed, shower and toilet transfers) in a manner that best suits the patient and caregiver. Abid will also make furniture, adaptive equipment recommendations and environmental adaptations required for optimal positioning and safety of the patient.
Why Choose Us
Healthcare Facility with International Standards With a wide range of services under one roof, patient-focused quality ethical care is our imperative and our priority. Our practices are externally and objectively measured against the Dubai Outpatient Clinic Quality Standards, which holds ISQua’s International Society for Quality in Healthcare Accreditation. Our experienced doctors, allied professionals and nursing staff enthusiastically provide exceptional services to treat a wide range of health issues. Our skilled and proficient healthcare professionals focus on prevention, disease management, and suitable clinical interventions, as they realise that every patient is worthy of receiving superior therapy for a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
