Occupational therapy can help if you are experiencing
- Work-related injuries including lower back problems or repetitive stress injuries
- Limitations following a stroke or heart attack
- Arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or other serious chronic problems
- Birth injuries, learning problems, or developmental disabilities
- Limitations following orthopedic or other surgery
- Mental health or behavioral problems including Alzheimer’s schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress
- Burns, spinal cord injuries, or amputations
- Broken bones or other injuries from falls, sports injuries, or accidents
- Vision or cognitive problems that threaten the ability to drive
- Weakness due to illness or injury that impairs daily activities
Services typically include:
- Customized assessments and treatment programs to improve the ability to perform daily activities
- Comprehensive home and job site evaluations with adaptation recommendations
- Adaptive equipment recommendations and usage training
- Education and training for family members and caregivers
- Custom fabrication of hand splints for acute, post-operative and non-acute, hand and upper extremity diagnoses
Meet our Occupational Therapists
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Frances Davies, OTR/L
Occupational Therpaist
Special Interests: pediatrics, sensory processing, visual perceptual processing, and tai chi.
![ChristyGould](https://www.pullmanregional.org/hubfs/PullmanRegionalHospital_December2019/Image/ChristyGould.jpg)
Christy Gould, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Special Interests: Neurological Rehabilitation and Hand Therapy
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Kaela Hamilton, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Special Interests: Community Integration, Community Wellness, Neurological Rehabilitation, Acute Care, Pediatrics
![Allie Johnson](https://www.pullmanregional.org/hubfs/Allie%20Johnson.jpeg)
Allie Johnson, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Special Interests: Acute care, Pediatrics, Neurological rehab, UE/hand rehab, and Aging in Place
![Chelsea Shors, Occupational Therapist](https://www.pullmanregional.org/hubfs/Chelsea%20Shors%2c%20Occupational%20Therapist.jpeg)
Chelsea Shors, OTR/L, OTD
Occupational Therapist
Special Interests: Stroke rehab, neurological impairments, orthopedic injuries, and post concussion therapies
![Kaitlin Watson](https://www.pullmanregional.org/hubfs/Kaitlin%20Watson.jpeg)
Kaitlin Watson, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Special interests: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pediatric Neurology, Fall Prevention in Community Dwelling Adults, Acute Care