Our Services
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy can help you find practical solutions for everyday frustrations and eliminate barriers to doing your daily activities. Some concerns we can help to address include:- Cognition (memory, problem solving)
- Fine motor skills (eating, dressing, writing)
- Energy conservation (pacing, fatigue management)
- Activity modifications for your everyday tasks and responsibilities
- Home safety and accessibility *may not be available in all areas
Dietetics
A registered dietitian can provide expert advice in optimizing your nutritional status and managing side effects of medication as well as other nutrition-related symptoms of movement disorders. These include, but are not limited to:- Weight management (weight loss or gain)
- L-dopa and protein interaction
- Constipation
- Orthostatic hypotension or low blood pressure
- Heartburn
- Nausea
Speech and Language Therapy
Optimize your communication success with strategies to improve voice loudness, speech clarity, and cognitive communication. Some areas speech therapy can help with are:- Voice volume
- Speech clarity
- Word finding difficulties
- Verbal memory
- Swallowing difficulties
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy aims to optimize your mobility so that you can move more confidently and get back to the activities you love. This may mean:- Development of an exercise program to better your strength, flexibility, endurance, and posture
- Education on strategies to improve the quality of your walking (shuffling, freezing of gait, etc.)
- Balance training to reduce the risk of falls
- Pain management