Why Get Occupational Therapy?
Elite Spine & Sports Care of Totowa, NJ, offers Occupational Therapy to its comprehensive list of rehabilitation options. Occupational Therapy is a type of rehabilitation that aims to increase your ability to engage in your daily life. This is achieved by providing both hands-on and educational methods to improve posture, strength, range of motion, and lots more. Elite Spine & Sports Care of Totowa offers Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation with our team of highly experienced professionals and therapists.
What Is Occupational Therapy Treatment?
Our occupational therapists take the time to evaluate your ability to do the things that are necessary to independently function at home, work, school, and socially. Then they will prescribe a program of education and physical activity that will enable you to perform daily tasks easily and effectively.
Do You Need Hand Therapy?
Hand Therapy is a common area of treatment included in Occupational Therapy. Hand Therapy helps treat conditions that impact the upper extremities, such as shoulders, arms, elbows, forearms, wrists, and hands. This treatment includes surgery-free interventions and post-surgery rehabilitation. Various techniques are employed in this treatment. Some of these may be exercise programs, pain and swelling management, wound and scar care.
Occupational and Physical Therapy Offered
Elite Spine & Sports Care of Totowa provides therapists who are experienced in both Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. We also offer other services to NJ residents, including experienced Chiropractic Care, Acupuncture Treatment, Pre and Post Operative Rehabilitation, and Massage Therapy. These services are often used to treat similar conditions. We focus on working to rehabilitate your physical and emotional ability to function independently in your daily life. If you have chronic pain or a condition such as carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, or have suffered a tendon or nerve injury, have had a stroke, or sustained a fracture or burns, give Elite Spine a call and speak to one of our professional therapists about treatment and rehabilitation services. We can be reached at (862) 239-1768.
Totowa provides pre-operative conditioning to patients in Passaic County and surrounding locations. The type of conditioning recommended to patients about to have surgery depends upon the patient and the type of surgery. For a successful surgery and a rapid healing process, specialized physical therapy exercise to help minimize side effects and possibly shorten recovery time is recommended. This type of treatment can get a patient back on their feet more quickly. A patient’s condition before surgery is assessed by a trained Physical Therapist who will then create a plan to improve muscle strength pre-surgery. This is beneficial in prepping for an operation and can help speed recovery and healing. Conditioning before and after surgery is provided by certified and highly qualified therapists in Totowa NJ.
effectiveness of the surgery. Physical Therapists at Elite Spine and Sports Care of Totowa are aware that surgeries vary and will adjust their post-op rehabilitation to the condition of the patient. A customized plan is drawn up to help a patient recover as fully and as soon as possible. After surgery such as knee or hip replacement, or other physically disabling procedures, an active plan for rehabilitation is required. It is necessary to get moving to regain strength, balance and mobility. Our therapists also treat sports injuries, orthopedic and neurologic disorders as well as general chronic pain. 
necessary after a serious injury or after surgery. A doctor usually recommends 
licensed and certified OT, but she is also a NJ certified Hand Therapist. A Hand Therapist is an OT who has advanced their education, clinical experience, and the integration of knowledge in anatomy, physiology and kinesiology. Having Tiffany on our team, we are proficient in the treatment of hand conditions.
spinning or dizziness. This is often the result of an inner ear issue or from changing the position of your head. Knowing the cause of this feeling is crucial in determining the type of treatment that is needed. BPPV can be treated with 
patterns and functional movement in a woman pre and post childbirth. Our main focus at Elite Spine is to teach prenatal and postnatal women that a good exercise program is beneficial before and after giving birth. At Elite Spine we offer care and corrective exercise before and after childbirth.
very painful when the tendons and muscles of your shoulder are injured. Rotator Cuff Injury occurs when the ball of the upper arm bone slips out of the shoulder socket and the shoulder swells up and really hurts. At Elite Spine and Sports Care of Totowa, our Physical Therapy specialists treat this type of injury with the 
treatment is sometimes called “spinal manipulation” or “chiropractic adjustment”. When a patient has injured a joint they look for 
the palm of the hand, becomes painful. This discomfort with numbness and tingling, is mostly the result of being pressed or squeezed. The Carpal Tunnel is made up of ligament and bones found at the base of the hand. This pathway houses nerves and tendons that allow fingers to bend. This is an area of the anatomy that is in constant use. The constant use of the hand in the same way, such as typing or clicking on a computer or phone, causes pain and discomfort which leads to Carpal Tunnel syndrome. Tennis players may also suffer from this condition after gripping a tennis raquet for long periods of time. At Elite Spine and Sports Care of Totowa, treating