WashU Medicine Occupational Therapy Services

07/08/2025

Occupational Therapy can take many forms, each tailored to help individuals achieve greater independence in their daily lives. Our dedicated Occupational Therapists specialize in creating innovative solutions to adapt or modify environments to meet our clients' unique needs.

🚗 For one of our clients facing difficulty buckling her driver-side seatbelt due to an arm injury, we stepped in with a creative solution. In just one afternoon, we designed and implemented a seatbelt assistance device to help her regain her independence. Check it out below.

07/03/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful holiday weekend. See you all next week! 🇺🇸

06/30/2025

Please stay safe during the Fourth of July holiday, and remember our firework safety tips below.

06/20/2025

We would like to highlight another area of our practice. Jane Levalle, OTR/L, has been presenting bi-monthly sessions at the Four Rivers Family YMCA in Washington, MO as part of a Lunch & Learn series focused on chronic disease self-management for active seniors. So far, the topics covered have included action planning, energy conservation, and fall prevention. We are fortunate to have such an exceptional therapist and are delighted to partner with an organization dedicated to community outreach.

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about chronic disease self-management, please reach out to see one of our many amazing Occupational Therapists.

Call 314-286-1669

06/16/2025

We are proud to have some exceptional colleagues at WashU Medicine within the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Department. One of our outstanding Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center physical therapists, Lorna Kahn PT CHT, was recently featured by the American Society of Peripheral Nerves (ASPN). She participated in an interview discussing her collaborations with Dr. Susan Mackinnon. The interview highlights her career path in hand therapy as well as her recent publication of Nerve Rehabilitation.

We also want to give Macy Stonner OTD, OTR/L CHT a shout-out as well, as she also co-editor this book. So proud of our clinicians.

You can watch the full interview here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=mUKYApzf4RvUFZDr&v=6BqZefmXV7w&feature=youtu.be

06/07/2025

As we conclude Hand Therapy Week, we would like to celebrate the research that advances hand and upper extremity practice. To support the American Hand Therapy Foundation, we participated in a Virtual 5k. This event not only fosters community spirit but also contributes to the important work of improving hand therapy practices.

American Hand Therapy Foundation

06/06/2025

DAY 5 - “Deserted Island” Survival Kit

If you had only one essential therapy tool/exercise to choose from to “survive” your work day what would it be?

One of our therapist Stacy Baker OTR/L, CHT would choose a child bouncy ball because of its versatility for all different kinds of injuries and different types of exercises that can be done.

Comment your favorite “survival” tools!

06/05/2025

Day 4 one-Hand Challenge for ASHT Hand Therapy Week

As hand therapist we often treat individuals who injure their dominant hand and need to use their non dominant hand.

Here is one-handed shoe tying with the non dominant hand.

American Society of Hand Therapists - ASHT

06/04/2025

Day 3 Theraputty Art Exhibition

We have some creative patients around Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center. They are helping us celebrate Hand Therapy Week.

06/03/2025

Day 2 Hand Therapy Week Challenge

HandGPT - AI image generator often struggles with accurate depictions of the hand due to their complex structures and variability. Check out a recent search for “show me a picture of touching your thumb to you pinky”. They missed the mark a little.

See the real picture of what we needed.

06/02/2025

Day 1 Hand Therapy Week Challenge 💪

All of the therapists took their grip strength at Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center in St. Louis, Mo! The strongest therapist in our clinic, a 35 year old woman, can grip 99 lbs!

How about you? Can you beat us?

06/02/2025

Happy Hand Therapy Week to our Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center team members.

🙌 We have an amazing team and want to celebrate them this week. Be on the lookout for daily challenges that American Society of Hand Therapists - ASHT challenged us to post about.

🎉 Happy Hand Therapy Week! 🎉

Join ASHT in celebrating the hand and upper extremity therapy specialty this week, June 2-8, 2025.

We're so excited to see what you have planned to raise awareness, highlight the benefits of the specialty and educate the public. Be sure to use and tag ASHT in your posts!

Wondering where to start? Learn more about Hand Therapy Week here: http://ow.ly/eLmd50F35KE

Thank you so much to our sponsor, Össur + Naked Prosthetics!