Sunny Day Wellness OT

09/12/2025

Discover all we have to offer! Questions? Contact Matthew Day, office manager, at 859-575-0799 or email Dr. Kim Day at kim@beewellot.com to learn more!

specialized pediatric/maternal occupational therapy & infant massage programs

09/08/2025

September is su***de prevention month. The 988 su***de and crisis line is a valuable resource for those who need it. Help spread awareness and support!

09/04/2025

Our hearts go out to this family experiencing the fear of a wandering child! We celebrate the Good Samaritan who acted so quickly at Hershey Park to save this child and hope this incident is a wake up call to the needs of each individual and the ways society can serve, protect, prepare, and nourish families of neurodivergent children. Let us show compassion and build a world that helps families feel safe and first responders feel prepared!

A moment of crisis calls for compassion.

09/03/2025

✨ OT Wellness Wednesday✨

🚽 We take for granted many interoceptive processes like digestion and bladder control.

🤢What if you you worried about making it to the bathroom?
🛌🏿What if bedwetting interrupted your sleep?
🤧What if leakage occurred with sneezing, laughing, moving?
😱What if fear of going out impacted your daily activities? If you had to map out where the nearest bathroom was located? If you had to change your diaper multiple times a day?
🧠This is the reality for many pediatric clients, mothers after childbirth, and others with decreased core and pelvic muscle strength.
🚽Toileting is a valued occupation that impacts social participation, mental health, leisure, valued roles, and daily activity completion.

💪Occupational therapy can help strengthen targeted muscles as well as an entire kinetic chain of muscles that helps you move more freely and regulate muscle tension to relax, digest, and release when you want. Put the control back into your toileting plan so you can be well with our holistic plan targeting your physical skills and environment with organizational tools and solutions to promote strengthening and sensory awareness. Your mental health depends on this basic physical function and we are here to help pediatric clients as well as perinatal (maternal health)/young adult clients who face bowl and bladder issues.

Be well, Lexington, Kentucky. Sunny Day Therapy is here for you with occupational therapy in our Hamburg office in Lexington, Kentucky and online telehealth appointments available for many concerns. Learn more at https://sunnydaytherapy.clientsecure.

09/02/2025

✨ OT Tip Tuesday✨

🏃 Movement types such as tapping, rocking, spinning, and jumping can help us self regulate. These movements also provide vestibular input and proprioceptive input which may help improve body awareness, grounding, and interoceptive awareness.

👀 Certain sensory profile types may crave specific types of movement. Sensory diets can meet sensory needs through targeted thresholds that take into account an individual’s routines and environment.

📝 An assessment at Sunny Day Therapy can determine your sensory profile type. In addition, we can look at reflexes and motor skills which may influence sensory behaviors. What purpose is your child’s movement serving?

🧘‍♂️And what swings of Sunny Day Therapy will we recommend? Learn about your child’s individualized needs and the why behind each swing by taking the first step to set up an OT evaluation.

📩 Email kim@beewellot.com to receive a link to our client portal where you can upload your insurance card and learn your expected cost for therapy! When we share the expected cost, we will also share our available times for evaluation. Spots limited; snag yours today! Learn more about our pediatric, young adult, and maternal health therapy in Lexington, Kentucky at Hamburg office at https://sunnydaytherapy.clientsecure.me. We also go to a few community sites in Lexington and Richmond. Telehealth consults also available.

🔗 Dr. Day also designs custom CEUs, trainings, and mentorship packages as well as sells products on Teachers Pay Teachers: https://linktr.ee/sunnydaytherapy. Follow all of our socials (instagram ) to see what current classes and services we have to offer.

08/29/2025

Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence has a plethora of evidence-based resources for clients on the spectrum and their families. Dr. Day has attended OCALI’s annual conference in November for years & is excited to present there for the second year in a row. Here is information about the conference as well as a link to their FREE internet modules (our favorite resource you can watch from the comfort of your home). We especially like the module about visual supports.

FREE educational modules- https://autisminternetmodules.org

08/27/2025

✨ OT Wellness Wednesday✨

🔬Scientific studies confirm that there is a reduction of gray matter in the brain during pregnancy. This is normal and not a cognitive loss. This is considered a “pruning” of neural connections that prepares the mother’s brain to bond with the baby and for the demands of caring for a child. The volume of grey matter may decrease but certain white matter fibers become more efficient in transmitting signals. So, the brain becomes more specialized for pregnancy and parenting. This thinking differently does not mean that something is wrong. It may present with challenges to executive function or temporary changes in personality/social cognition. It is really okay that you don’t care for what you cared for 6 months ago. Of course you are stressed. With all of the changes in your body, brain, roles, and environment, you need a plan. Tools and resources can help.

❤ Maternal health occupational therapy and sensory therapy at Sunny Day Therapy help you make sense of the changes in your body and brain no matter what season of life you are going through. My biopsychology professor, Dr. Meg Upchurch, said that your brain is not the same now as it was 30 minutes ago. Each moment is an opportunity for growth; you are changing no matter what choice you make. Let’s make changes for the good together at Sunny Day Therapy.

👪 Let’s be honest, this post says “maternal moments” but we can all benefit from the mindful moments & sensory interoceptive awareness discussed here. “Caregiver stress is a national crisis!”- Surgeon General Dr. Murthy, 2024. Care partners come in many forms - teachers, parents, pastors, friends. Let’s take care of each other and connect to resources/therapies that heal. Our wellness plans are not quick-fixes but intentional, individualized recommendations that benefit clients not only during times of stress or transition but across the lifespan! The organizational strategies I learned as a stressed out new parent have helped me as a student and business owner.

💻 Do you think your entire organization would benefit from the brain science & theory behind promoting changes in behavior and recognizing body signs? I love to help whole organizations understand sensory health and create efficient spaces to get daily tasks done. My occupational therapy lens (and English major background) help me design trainings that connect people to resources, knowledge, and each other. I would love to be part of your organization’s journey towards growth. Let us help you design a program and assess your goals/strengths/opportunities for growth today! We will grow through this together.

📪 Email kim@beewellot.com to learn more. Sunny Day Therapy offers pediatric therapy and maternal health therapy in located in the Hamburg area of Lexington, Kentucky (and online). Dr. Kimberly Day, occupational therapist, has been an occupational therapist for over fourteen years.

08/25/2025

The first few weeks of school are crucial in setting up learning routines & promoting comfort in one’s academic space. Is your student struggling with adjusting to the demands of the classroom?

Our specialized therapy targets the vestibular system and executive function, the brain’s “air traffic control center” that directs tasks from initiation to completion.

Signs you might need an OT evaluation at Sunny Day Therapy include:
Difficulty with emotional regulation - anger, fatigue, sadness, difficulty organizing or composing accurate thoughts
Difficulty starting or finishing tasks
Difficulty sustaining attention
Difficulty following multi-step directions
Periods of irritability
Difficulty with sleep
Poor self-confidence
Difficulty finding and participating in leisure or social activities
Lack of lifestyle balance
Sensory sensitivity
Difficulty sitting still for academic work
Sensory seeking behaviors interfering with daily task completion
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or overly stimulated by certain sensory input or environments
Body awareness concerns- crashing into objects, not noticing body’s needs, etc.

Those with certain conditions such as ASD & ADHD are more at risk to struggle with vestibular issues; however, sensory integration concerns can also exist on their own especially during times of change or dysregulation of mind & body. Even adults may exhibit symptoms— especially those going through something such as perinatal people just before and after birth are at risk for executive function challenges.

Call 859-575-0799 or email kim@beewellot.com to learn more about how our services can target vestibular issues or executive functioning concerns across the lifespan!

08/22/2025

Why Sunny Day Therapy?
💞 compassion
🎓 expertise - elite trainings, certification, & post-professional doctoral level study
🎨 creativity
🔗 connection- to knowledge, tools, resources, & a network of other advanced specialists

We use our advanced training & variety of assessments to look at areas of concern including reflexes, strength, coordination, handwriting, client daily activity completion, & executive function. Difficulties with self-regulation, feeding, focus, sensory integration, and body management can present at times of stress for clients across the lifespan. Early intervention is key to learn how to create a strong system of skill-based and environmental support! Foundational motor skills and task completion is connected to primitive reflex integration. Some lifelong reflexes may re-emerge to protect the body during a stressful season of life. When we address the root causes of dysfunction, we come up with a comprehensive plan to address behavioral difficulties across settings. We grow strong minds & bodies.

Not sure where to begin? Share with us your concerns by sending Dr. Day an email at kim@beewellot.com. We can let you know what types of evaluation/assessments we recommend, the cost of therapy, and our availability. Not sure how OT can help? Ask us. We are happy to share other community resources & networks of professionals to help you gain the very best services for your child. As parents, we understand what it is like to want the best for your child. Our passion for giving our best fuels everything we do. Our families are our future & we are honored to be part of your journey.

08/20/2025

✨ OT Wellness Wednesday✨
Nervous system regulation is for the whole family. Dr. Day sees the child and parent as a dyad. Through the power of connection (to resources, relationships, and tools), clients learn to set up environments, routines, and skills to thrive in their daily activities and roles. Our sensory integration assessments, occupational profiles, and reflex knowledge extends across the lifespan— so when you have an occupational disruption (time of intense stress, change, or injury), we have the tools to help you get through the hard time and feel prepared for the future. It’s the kind of hope and lifestyle change that transforms the whole body-mind system. While some medicine aims to put a quick “band-aide” on or “cure” issues, we dive into the whole story of your healing to give you a wellness plan for the future that not only gets you through but step-by-step invites change, hope, perspective-taking, self-knowledge of sensory preferences, & emotional regulation. From exercises to mindfulness to visual supports to expressive activities, no plan is the same. It’s individualized…. based on evidence and tailored to you! So if you are lost in the laundry, overwhelmed by homework, anxious, stunned by your family’s new diagnosis, or disorganized, there’s hope & a place of healing for you here. We encourage parents to attend therapy with their child so they can also learn sensory integration, strengthening, reflex work, & self-regulation strategies. Call 859-575-0799 or email kim@beewellot.com. Learn more at beewellot.com. Sunny Day Therapy is located at Hamburg but makes limited community visits at partner locations in Lexington & Richmond to promote collaborative care.