Sometimes the best occupational therapy interventions don’t feel like “therapy” at all.

One of my favorite ways to create a meaningful, functional treatment session is by taking an everyday activity and intentionally using it to target a patient’s goals. Something as simple as arranging flowers can address fine motor skills, standing balance, activity tolerance, cognition, upper-extremity function, and even social and emotional well-being.

And the best part? At the end of the session, your patient has something beautiful they created themselves.

Most clinicians think of a sit-to-stand device as a transfer aid, but it can also be a valuable therapy tool. Learn how occupational therapists can use sit-to-stand devices to address lower extremity strength, standing tolerance, balance, weight shifting, and ADL performance while promoting safety, confidence, and functional independence.