{"id":5984,"date":"2022-11-04T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T06:59:38","slug":"what-occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/what-occupational-therapy","title":{"rendered":"What is Occupational Therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5984\" class=\"elementor elementor-5984\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df61aa3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df61aa3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0073fbb\" data-id=\"0073fbb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff6f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bff6f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4473c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4473c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e310c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e310c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/physiotherapist-stretching.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5986\" alt=\"Physiotherapist with face mask stretching the patient&apos;s neck with a rubber band\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/physiotherapist-stretching.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/physiotherapist-stretching-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/physiotherapist-stretching-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/physiotherapist-stretching-768x255.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0270c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0270c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Occupational Therapy is a client centred and health process concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation.<\/p><p>In occupational therapy, occupations refer to everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and give meaning and purpose to life.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6ca75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c6ca75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Does Occupational Therapy Cover<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6bc39b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6bc39b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A part of therapy includes what people need to, want to, and are expected to do. This type of treatment will help if you have pain, injury, or illness, or even a disability that makes it hard for you to do your work, school work, care for yourself, complete daily household chores, or even take part in simple activities.<\/p><p>Occupational therapy teaches you how to adapt. It can help you perform any kind of task at school, at work or at home. There are tools, more referred to as &#8220;assistance tools,&#8221; that will help overcome such barriers.<\/p><p>It can help you with the daily tasks like taking part in leisure activities, eat and stand without any help from the others, perform the office tasks, perform the house hold chores.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d605238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d605238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Occupational Therapists<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-138d46b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"138d46b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They are trained in occupational therapy. To practise, they need to have a license and should have passed a national level exam. Some of these therapists specialize in certain types of treatment like hand therapy, treating people with low vision, working with older people or children.<\/p><p>They work with people from all age groups: older members, children and even babies.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be96b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9be96b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Do They Work? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e5c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31e5c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They study the way you perform any kind of activity or task. They then come up with a plan to improve the way you do it to make it easier or less painful.<\/p><p>Initial discussions would be conducted to assess your needs. They will then visit your home and\/or the place of your work to see what you do and what needs to be changed to be more productive. Following their observations, their recommendations would come out of watching you do the daily tasks.\u00a0<\/p><p>They will provide you with a therapy plan and set goals designed for your daily work and needs to overcome your disability or limits. Their training would include correcting posture, working on your motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and adapting your movements.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>The therapy would include: <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Training to use the assistive devices, that will help with your daily needs.<\/li><li>Helping older adults prevent falls in their places of residence or public places.<\/li><li>Introduction to new ways to button the shirt, work on the computer, tie your shoes and a host of other activities.<\/li><li>Build the hand-eye coordination so that one can hit a tennis ball or pin point on the map.<\/li><li>Address behaviour problems in children who act out or hit others.<\/li><li>Treat adults who have had a stroke to improve balance, build on their muscle strength, recommend change of location, or adapt to their memory or speech problems.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>An Occupational Therapist can really help if your arthritis or chronic pain, stroke, brain injury, joint replacement, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, poor balance, cancer, diabetes or conditions where you feel helpless to perform certain activities and get back into the mainstream.<\/p><p>They also help kids with birth defects, juvenile arthritis, autism or severe injuries.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Places where occupational therapy works as a department: <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Government Hospitals<\/li><li>Health Clinics<\/li><li>Special Schools<\/li><li>Non-government organizations<\/li><li>Private hospitals<\/li><li>Industries<\/li><li>Prisons<\/li><li>Law enforcement agencies<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Occupational therapy also works in close conjunction with psychological therapy and behavioral therapy, although they are all very distinct from each other.<\/p><p>There are areas where they overlap and help each other, thereby extending their reach into each area.<\/p><p>For example, in prisons, the inmates would need help with their psychological health to be able to adjust to the occupational therapy. Some may also need help with their behavioral health before proceeding to Occupational Therapy.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb01d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abb01d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the Benefits of Occupational Therapy? \n \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea1b1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea1b1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Improve the range of motion safely<\/li><li>Improve the strength to perform the motions<\/li><li>Decrease pain, while building Strength<\/li><li>Get adaptive strategies and equipment<\/li><li>Improve visual skills<\/li><li>Home and office safety assessments<\/li><li>Training for the care givers<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef93b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef93b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Occupational Therapy for the Seniors \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee65840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee65840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the toughest parts of the aging process is losing the ability to do things that once were incredibly simple. When people lose the ability to complete everyday tasks, they tend to feel confused, frustrated, and sometimes even embarrassed.<\/p><p>This therapy helps senior citizens in more ways than one, as below.<\/p><ul><li>Overcome the struggles of everyday life<\/li><li>Prevent falls<\/li><li>Memory rehabilitation<\/li><li>Gives a better outlook<\/li><li>Modifications at home to accommodate the changes<\/li><li>Improvement or help with vision loss<\/li><li>Life transitions<\/li><li>Assist Care Givers in their work to support senior citizens.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>To learn more about Occupational Therapy products and solutions, visit our page at <a href=\"https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/rehab\/\">https:\/\/bmec.asia\/my\/rehab\/<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6060e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6060e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Information<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe4562 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ffe4562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2681\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2681\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Source<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2682\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2682\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Author<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2681\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Source<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2681\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2681\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><ul><li>MyHEALTH MOH | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myhealth.gov.my\/en\/what-is-occupational-therapy\/\">What is Occupational Therapy?<\/a><\/li><li>WedMD | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/pain-management\/occupational-rehab\">What Is Occupational Therapy?<\/a><\/li><li>WFOT | <a href=\"https:\/\/wfot.org\/about\/about-occupational-therapy\">About Occupational Therapy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2682\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Author<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2682\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2682\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>MyHEALTH<\/li><li>WedMD Editorial Contributors, reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD<\/li><li>WFOT<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occupational Therapy is a client centred and health process concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Occupational Therapy? 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