Occupational therapy is a type of care that helps you live better across a lifetime of care. During OT Month, CORA Physical Therapy is celebrating its incredible human impact. Take a quick inventory of your physical abilities. Is there anything that you’d like to do better, or feel better about while doing? Perhaps something that […]
OT Finds Strength in Serving Individuals with Autism
Individuals with Autism have a myriad of strengths. They frequently attend to details that others miss, have excellent memory skills, think linearly and logically, communicate honestly, and are experts on preferred subjects. Occupational therapists, as strength-based practitioners, harness and enhance an individual’s abilities in order to remove barriers to participation in life’s occupations. Occupational therapists […]
Occupational Therapy Month at CORA: Passion, Purpose, Possibility
During the month of April, we’re celebrating occupational therapy, our therapists at CORA Physical Therapy, and the incredible benefits it can have for you or someone you love. Happy National Occupational Therapy Month! There are many reasons why the U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks occupational therapists near the top of its “Best Jobs” […]
The Golden Rule for Grooming Your Pets
By Gabrielle Burns, OTR/L, Rocky Mount, Virginia Last week Brittany Edwards, OTR/L (Roanoke, Virginia) addressed the role of Occupational Therapists (OT) in the context of helping people get dressed. However, OTs have an important job to facilitate individuals’ safety and independence not only with getting dressed but with all activities of daily living (ADL) such […]
OT Month: Engaging a New “Normal” in a Virtual Environment
Get to Know Our Occupational Therapists Meet Charley Waddell, Occupational Therapist, OTR/L at our CORA Rocky Mount, VA clinic. CORA has been blessed since the day Charley decided to join our team of Occupational Therapists. Her passion for children, her daily devotion to serving others and her commitment to excellence is apparent in every interaction. And, […]
