- Why Come to Us for Occupational Therapy?Our occupational therapy team helps you reach goals that are important to you. Other reasons to choose us include:We'll create a personalized treatment plan. You and your occupational therapist discuss which activities are highest on your list of priorities. Your therapist also assesses your physical abilities, like balance and strength. In some cases, we also test mental abilities like memory, too. But that's only part of the picture. We look at your support network and the setup of your home and workplace. Taking all these things into consideration, we create a treatment plan around your individual needs.We have therapists with highly specialized skills. Our occupational therapists have built expertise in specific areas. Take those on our stroke and neurological rehabilitation team. These therapists can help people who've suffered a brain injury optimize the brain's ability to rewire itself. Our pediatric occupational therapists use play to help children develop skills they need to learn and grow. We even have therapists who sub-specialize. Our therapists who specialize in hand therapy have undergone advanced training in treating hand and upper body problems. And they've met the demanding standards necessary to be certified by the American Society of Hand Therapists.We can help with a wide range of problems. Our therapists look at how your physical and cognitive changes or symptoms affect all areas of your life. From your leisure activities and social life to routine tasks like house cleaning and grooming. And we work on improving your ability to do these things. We can also assist in assessing safety with driving or provide information on how to safely return to driving.We make coming for treatment convenient. Let's face it: finding the time to attend regular appointments is hard even when you're well. You can choose from our multiple locations to cut down on your travel.TreatmentConditions/Services/Treatments PageOur occupational therapists help lessen the impact of physical and cognitive changes to maximize your ability to do meaningful activities.What is Occupational Therapy?Many injuries, operations and health conditions can impair your senses and your ability to move or even think. Suddenly you may have difficulty doing everyday activities from climbing stairs to dressing yourself.At Luminis Health, our occupational therapists are experts at finding ways for you to do the things you want and need to do. Not just job-related duties, but any tasks or pastimes that are meaningful to you.The members of our occupational therapy team can show you strategies for lessening symptoms like pain and fatigue. And we have the training and experience to help you make the most of your current abilities.Plus, we know the people close to you play a key role in helping you manage your condition. So we teach your care partners any new skills they may need to best support you.Together, we give you the tools to live a life that's as independent and rewarding as possible.We can help adults manage the effects of:Amputation.Arthritis.Brain injury.Cancer.Cognitive changes.Concussion.Diabetes.Fracture.Hand and upper body conditions.Hip replacement.Nerve injury and repair.Nervous system disorders.Shoulder surgery.Stroke.Tendon injuries and repair.Visual changes.And, we help children with:Brachial plexus injuries.Cerebral palsy.Coordination and muscular disorders.Developmental delay.Down syndrome.Fractures.Handwriting difficulties.Instability injuries.Learning impairment.Torticolis.Weakness and poor muscle tone.0
- What to Expect?Your health care team tells you how to prepare ahead of time and what to expect afterward. Cardiac catheterization with angiography is a minimally invasive procedure. That means your surgeon makes a cut to insert the catheter, but it's very small and heals quickly.You'll get medicine to make you sleepy when we start the test, and you won't feel any pain. Your surgeon makes a small incision in your groin or arm where we insert the catheter.We thread it through your blood vessels until it reaches the arteries in your heart. Next, we inject contrast dye into the catheter and take x-rays as the dye moves through your blood vessels.The angiogram takes about an hour, but it might take longer if your surgeon performs other procedures to open blocked arteries. After the test, you go to the recovery room. You might go home the same day, or we may keep you overnight.ScreeningConditions/Services/Treatments PageCardiac imaging tests allow your doctor to get a clear picture of your heart and blood vessels. This allows us to see how your heart is working.Our heart specialists use the most advanced cardiac imaging technology to monitor, diagnose, and treat you. Here's an overview of a common cardiac imaging test.Angiography and Cardiac CatheterizationAngiography (or cardiac angiogram) is a type of x-ray. It allows your doctor to look at your heart's blood vessels with the help of a special dye that highlights your blood vessels. The dye shows if there are any blockages that can restrict blood flow to your heart.Angiography is done during cardiac catheterization. That's when your doctor places a thin tube called a catheter into your blood vessel. We inject the dye into the catheter so we can get a better picture of your blood vessels on the x-ray.Once the cardiac catheter is in place, your surgeon can also do various procedures to open blocked arteries.Who gets angiography?We might recommend angiography if we think you have plaque buildup in an artery. It also helps us diagnose problems with your blood vessels or heart valves.0
- Orthopedics, Women's Health, Patient StoriesGeneral Page Tier 3BlogThirty-four-year old Jennifer da Rosa had spent several months and visited four different doctors searching for someone to cure her unexplained hip pain. “Finally, I saw Dr. Petre and he was able to diagnose it,” says the 34 year-old college instructor from Kent Island. Jennifer had an uncommon condition in her right hip which caused the bones to grate against one another rather than slide smoothly in the hip socket. After diagnosing her condition—called FAI for femoral acetabular impingement—Orthopedist Ben Petre, MD, performed arthroscopic surgery to remove the extra bone tissue in her hip and restore the joint to proper function. The procedure is not widely available, but as one of the few hip specialists in the area, Dr. Petre has both the experience and the tools to offer arthroscopic hip surgery for FAI and a variety of conditions. “The ability to diagnose and treat this is relatively new,” he says. “It’s an uncommon condition, and diagnosing it is complicated because there are many other things that can cause hip pain, from a problem with the back or internal organs such as your bladder or ovaries to a hernia.” For Jennifer, the diagnosis came as a huge relief. The surgery eliminated her pain, and within a month she had recovered her life again. “Before the surgery, I had been afraid to take my kids to the aquarium or the zoo,” she says. “I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to walk because of the pain.” Jennifer says the experience has given her a new perspective on having surgery in general. “I know a lot of people try to avoid surgery, but I’m very pleased that I had it. The benefit far outweighs any kind of fear or downtime needed for recovery.”0
- Women's HealthGeneral Page Tier 3BlogAs you navigate your pregnancy, it’s important to know your own health status to ensure the best possible health for your child. While most pregnancies are generally free from serious problems, several factors can make a pregnancy high risk. A woman may have a high-risk pregnancy if she: If your OB/GYN determines your pregnancy is high risk, he or she may refer you to Anne Arundel Medical Group Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists. The center offers a number of additional services, including diagnostic procedures, level II obstetric ultrasound, genetic counseling, diabetes education and more. The team will work to ensure your child is healthy and you don’t experience any unexpected hitches throughout your pregnancy. Return to Conquering Cancer During Pregnancy. Save0
- Men's Health, Women's Health, Wellness, Patient StoriesGeneral Page Tier 3BlogAnnapolis resident Doug Jones had been a muscular young man, but just as his doctor had predicted, his weight crept up steadily with age leading to complications such as diabetes and high cholesterol. Doug was at high risk for heart a heart attack until weight loss surgery helped him regain control of his health. I went from 160 pounds to 388 pounds, and I was absolutely out of breath. Absolutely tired. I would think how far do I have to walk? Can I take a car to go two blocks? That sort of thing. My feet hurt. My ankles hurt. And then they had a thing on 60 minutes a report on the benefits of weight loss surgery for diabetics and after I saw it, I said, we ought to look into that because it sounds like it’s perfect for me. The day I got out of the hospital I never had another problem with diabetes and every day I would lose an average of two to three pounds. My cholesterol is better than it’s ever been. I guess the best way to say it is: I have 13 grandchildren and before I had this operation, I didn’t know how long I’d be around with them or how much I could enjoy them. Since I’ve had the operation I’ve felt like I cheated because I’ve tried to go on every diet there was. This went so easily that I literally feel like I’m cheating. I feel like a million dollars, and I think I look like I feel. There are no ifs, ands, or buts! If you want to know would I do it again? In a heartbeat. Watch the full video of Doug’s interview on our YouTube Channel.0
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