Occupational Therapy
  
 
 
Waverly Health Center's occupational therapy department assists patients of all ages with physical, mental/cognitive, perceptual or developmental disabilities to achieve a maximum level of independent living.

Our areas of expertise include but are not limited to the following:
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) - Completing, re-learning, or adapting techniques for everyday activities such as eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, and transferring.
  • Cognitive Skills/Mental Health - Reality orientation, problem solving, judgement, safety concerns with ADLs, memory, self-initiation, coping, living alone, and/or driving.
  • Positioning - Positioning within patient's everyday environment as in bed, wheelchair, and/or everyday chairs. Modifications to promote transfer independence, safety, skin integrity, and functional positioning for daily activities.
  • Home Management: Completing, re-learning, or adapting basic techniques for skills required to complete basic cooking, laundry, cleaning, money management, mobility, and safety tasks necessary for independent living.
  • Pre-Driving Skills Assessment and Rehabilitation - Addressing cognition, visual/perceptual and physical components necessary for driving. Recommendations for vehicle modification or further treatment to increase ability to drive.
  • Assistive Devices/DME - Equipment recommended to increase safety and independence for activities of daily living, work, and/or leisure activities.
  • Splinting - Assessment, fabrication, and instruction for upper extremity custom and pre-fabricated splints. Utilized for maximizing joint ROM, joint stabilization/protection, and/or to decrease debilitating symptoms.
  • Visual/Perceptive Skills - Assessment of limitations in vision, depth perception, or spatial awareness. Training of residual vision, adaptive devices, modifications to environment, and/or compensatory training. Home evaluations to increase independence in own environment.
  • Upper Body Function - Individual treatment to increase coordination, strength, endurance, sensation, and joint range of motion. Instruction in energy conservation and edema management. Treatment to minimize pain, paralysis, and/or subluxation in order to maximize patient return to functional activities. Special emphasis on hand function and rehab.
  • Lymphedema - Treatment to minimize edema of any extremity through individualized techniques in manual lymph drainage, wrapping/compression garments, therapeutic exercise, and/or sequential pump.
  • Pain/Posture - Holistic approach to increased function of the upper quadrant with reductions of symptoms through manual techniques, movement patterns, postural and ergonomic modifications.
  • Craniosacral Therapy - Gentle, noninvasive manipulation techniques used to aide in pain management, headaches, fibromyalgia, ADD, developmental delays, and decreased range of motion.
  • Instrumented Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) - An advanced soft tissue release indicated for soft tissue fibrosis, tendonitis, scar adhesions, and trigger point reduction.
  • Pediatrics - Specialized treatments to address Developmental Delays, Learning Disabilities, Neuro-muscular Conditions, Feeding Difficulties, Sensory Processing Disorders, and Perceptual Processing Deficits as related to age-appropriate play, self-care, and school participation.
  • Stroke Rehabilitation - Featuring Neuro-muscular Re-education, Saeboflex, and Modified-Constraint Induced Therapy.
  • Myofascial Release - Advanced low pressure stretching to release connective tissue tightness involving muscles, ligaments, tendons and fascia throughout the body. Particularly useful with chronic pain and fibromyalgia.
  • Bladder Incontinence - Involving Beyond Kegels and Roll for Control protocols, Physiological Quieting and home programs.
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    Occupational Therapy Staff:

    Melissa Wittenburg, OTR/L
  • Education: Master of Science, Occupational Therapy from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
  • Years of Experience: 9 years
  • Certifications: NBCOT, Therapeutic Listening certificate
  • Advanced Training: Pediatrics, Interactive Metronome, Sensory Processing Disorders, Feeding Therapy, Assistive Technology, Autism
  • Special Interests: Ergonomics, OT in the NICU
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    Lori Berry, OTR/L
  • Education: Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy from Creighton University, Omaha, NE
  • Years of Experience: 14 years
  • Certifications: NBCOT
  • Advanced Training: Shoulder Rehabilitation, Specialized PNF Patterns, Management of Low Vision
  • Special Interests: Neuromuscular Rehabilitation, Low Vision, Mental Health
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    Jennifer Wolff, OTR/L
  • Education: Master of Arts, Occupational Therapy from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
  • Years of Experience: 2 years
  • Certifications: NBCOT
  • Member: Occupational Therapy Association, Iowa Occupational Therapy Association, and Spinal Cord Tumor Association
  • Advanced Training: Neurorehabilitation for Stroke and Dementia, Modified-Constraint Induced Therapy, Upper Extremity Assessment and Treatment, and Myofascial Release
  • Special Interests: Occupational Balance, Mental Health, Sensory Integration, Disability/Accessibility in the Community
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    Amber Stauffer, COTA/L
  • Education: Associates Degree, Occupational Therapy from Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
  • Years of Experience: 9 years
  • Certifications: NBCOT, Personal Trainer
  • Member: Iowa Occupational Therapy Association
  • Advanced Training: Craniosacral Therapy, Driving Assessments, Manual Massage Techniques, Custom Saeboflex Splinting
  • Special Interests: Home Health, Geriatrics, Hand Therapy
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    Victoria Watts, COTA/L, CLT
  • Education: Associate of Applied Science Degree, Occupational Therapy Assistant Program from Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Years of Experience: 3 years
  • Certifications: NBCOT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist
  • Advanced Training: Saeboflex Custom Splinting, Driving Assessments/Rehabilitation, Low Vision
  • Special Interests: Mental Health, Neuromuscular Rehabilitation, Pediatrics
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