Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist
Ms. Nichole Vaiknoras is a Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist in Hackensack, NJ
with special training and skill in helping patients regain lost mobility after an illness, injury, or impairment.
As a Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist, Nichole Vaiknoras, OT-RL performs
physical exercises centered on helping patients regain physical strength, mobility, flexibility, and independence while reducing or eliminating related pain. Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy is
a medical specialty focusing on helping patients regain physical strength and mobility lost or impaired due to illness or injury. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists include injury or impairment after traumatic illness or injury such as stroke, brain damage, and spinal cord injury, post-surgical recovery, athletic injury, impairment from congenital birth defects, and chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS).
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists
include diagnostic imaging, mobility and pain assessment, physical exercise planning and execution, assistive devices and technology, medical massage, and patient education.
Occupational therapists are experts at helping people lead as independent a life as possible. Occupational therapists bring an understanding of the physical and psychological implications of illness and injury and their effects on peoples' ability to perform the tasks of daily living. Occupational therapists provide interventions that can aide a person in completing ADL and IADL tasks, such as dressing, bathing, preparing meals, and driving. They also may fabricate custom orthotics to improve function, evaluate the environment for safety hazards and recommend adaptations to remove those hazards, help a person compensate for cognitive changes, and build a persons' physical endurance and strength. Occupational therapists' knowledge of adapting tasks and modifying the environment to compensate for functional limitations is used to increase the involvement of clients and to promote safety and success.
Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists in Hackensack, NJ
Pediatrics Occupational Therapist
Ms. Nichole Vaiknoras is a Pediatrics Occupational Therapist in Hackensack, NJ
with special training and skill in helping physically or mentally disabled children develop cognitive, motor, social, and self-care skills.
As a Pediatrics Occupational Therapist, Nichole Vaiknoras, OT-RL performs
educational and physical learning exercises with children disabled by injury or illness. Pediatric Occupational Therapy is
a medical specialty dedicated to helping disabled children gain personal independence by improving sensory, motor, visual perception, and social interaction skills. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Pediatric Occupational Therapists include impairments resulting from birth injuries or defects, sensory processing disorders, traumatic injuries, autism, childhood arthritis, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, and many other conditions that affect children's motor and learning skills.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Occupational Therapists
include play therapy, handwriting exercises, motor planning, gross motor coordination, sensory modulation, visual perception skills, and parental education.
Occupational therapists provide services to infants, toddlers and children who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Occupational therapy is concerned with a child's ability to participate in daily life activities or "occupations." Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavioral challenges and to help children to be prepared for and perform important learning and school-related activities and to fulfill their rule as students. Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on a child's development, plan, ability to learn new skills, and overall occupational performance, occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments, all in support of participation in daily activities.
Pediatric Occupational Therapists in Hackensack, NJ
Massage Therapist
Ms. Nichole Vaiknoras is a Massage Therapist in Hackensack, NJ
with special training and skill in treating clients by manually manipulating muscles and other soft tissues to relieve pain, help heal injuries, improve circulation, relieve stress, increase relaxation, and promote general wellness.
As a Massage Therapist, Nichole Vaiknoras, OT-RL performs
a wide variety of therapeutic body massages. Massage Therapy is
the manual manipulation of muscles and soft tissues to relieve pain, promote injury healing, improve circulation, and relieve stress. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Massage Therapists include chronic pain, repetitive strain injuries, migraines and headaches, hypertension, arthritis, sports injury, bypass surgery and cancer recovery, stress, anxiety and depression.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Massage Therapists
include medical massage, sports massage, Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, shiatsu massage, Qi Kung massage, Thai massage, hydrotherapy, hot stone massage, aromatherapy massage, trigger point massage, reflexology, foot massage, chair massage, and couple's massage.
An individual trained in the manipulation of tissues (as by rubbing, stroking, kneading, or tapping) with the hand or an instrument for remedial or hygienic purposes.
Massage Therapists in Hackensack, NJ
