Therapy and Wellness FAQs

What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?
OT is the treatment of physical and developmental disorders focused on improving & developing skills needed in everyday independence. Occupational therapy is geared toward issues regarding fine motor skills, sensory, visual motor, and/or motor planning.

OT services the needs of children and adults. At the Center we are dedicated to evaluating our patients’ individual needs and providing therapeutic interventions that best support recovery and wellness, and maximize functional independence.

What is wellness?
At the Center, we define wellness as the development of the "whole" self.  A journey to wellness is the process of finding and applying skills and experiences that contribute to feeling healthy, balanced and fulfilled.  It is the effective integration of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that contribute to this sense of balance. Here at the Therapy and Wellness Center, we incorporate many aspects of wellness into our programs including:

Spiritual
Emotional
Physical
Cultural
Occupational
Social
Environmental

What is CranioSacral Therapy?
CranioSacral Therapy is a powerful yet light touch manual therapy. Our therapists are able to palpate and often release restrictions to the craniosacral system, which encompasses the membranes and fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. Imbalances are created by restrictions, many of which result from the affects of cumulative physical or emotional stress, physical injury, birth trauma, neurological conditions, and other environmental influences.

CranioSacral Therapy was theorized and developed by Dr. John E. Upledger, and helps alleviate a wide range of illness, pain, and dysfunction including:

Migraine Headaches
Chronic Neck and Back Pain
Motor-Coordination Impairments
Colic
Autism
Central Nervous System Disorders
Orthopedic Problems
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
Scoliosis
Infantile Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Chronic Fatigue
Emotional Difficulties
Stress and Tension-Related Problems
Fibromyalgia and other Connective-Tissue Disorders
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
Neurovascular or Immune Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Surgical Dysfunction

For more information on CranioSacral Therapy, visit The Upledger Institute

What is Holistic Health?
Holistic health care encompasses every aspect of daily life. Nutrition, sleep, exercise, environmental demands, body-mind awareness and emotional balance concerns are all addressed when observing life holistically.

We offer a wide range of natural, therapeutic supports and products that concentrate first on your health. Secondly, we focus on your home environment, community, family, friends, and lastly, the earth. We are aware that accessing the tools necessary to accomplish this holistic health approach can be somewhat inconvenient. That is why we research our products conclusively and work with those companies that share our philosophies.

Not all remedies and health care products are the same. We take pride in offering therapeutic grade nutritionals, botanicals, natural remedies and home health products that meet our standards.