Occupational Therapy in Vellore

Occupational therapy (OT) helps you do the activities that fill your day — dressing, bathing, cooking, writing, driving, working — when illness, injury, ageing or a developmental condition make them hard. It sits alongside physiotherapy, focusing on task, environment and skill rather than muscle strength and joint range alone.

At Dr. Karolin Rockson PT in Vellore, occupational therapy is delivered by trained OTs (BOT/MOT-qualified) and coordinated closely with our physiotherapy and speech therapy teams. Adult OT covers stroke, spinal cord injury, hand therapy after tendon or nerve repair, low vision, dementia support, and workplace ergonomics. Paediatric OT covers sensory integration, autism spectrum support, ADHD attention work, handwriting, fine-motor and school readiness.

Every OT plan is built around your (or your child's) own daily routine — not generic milestones. We visit the school, the workplace or the home when needed, so recommendations are practical from day one.

Vellore families often travel to Chennai or Bangalore for paediatric OT because local availability is limited. Our sensory-integration room, coordinated with speech therapy and physiotherapy under one roof, means most children can be managed locally with a 1-hour drive at most.

Adult OT demand in Vellore comes largely from post-stroke and post-hand-surgery patients discharged from CMC Vellore. Continuity of care from hospital to community is where most gains — or losses — happen, and that is where we focus.

Sensory integration therapy uses graded tactile, vestibular and proprioceptive input to help children regulate their nervous system. Sessions look like play (swings, ball pits, brushing, weighted work) but each element is prescribed for a specific sensory pattern identified on assessment.

Hand therapy protocols we follow: Kleinert and Duran early-mobilisation for flexor tendon repairs, mallet-finger splinting for 6 weeks then night-only for 2, phase-graded loading for lateral epicondylitis, and dynamic splinting for extensor tendon post-op cases.

Adult ADL retraining after stroke includes one-handed dressing techniques, adapted cutlery, tap turners, non-slip mats, bath boards, transfer poles and toilet raisers. We recommend by budget — many adaptations cost under ₹500.

Workplace ergonomics visits (or virtual reviews) cover monitor height, chair adjustment, keyboard position, break scheduling, and micro-exercise between calls. This service is popular with local IT companies in the Ranipet–Vellore belt.

School collaboration: for paediatric OT clients, we can share a one-page classroom sensory strategy with the class teacher and revisit the plan termly. Written in simple English or Tamil, no jargon.

Home visits are available for post-stroke, post-fracture, dementia and paediatric-severe cases across central Vellore, Katpadi, Sathuvachari, Bagayam and Ranipet. Home OT often unlocks progress that clinic OT cannot.

Discharge and maintenance: OT plans finish with a printed home programme, a review point in 3 months, and a clear list of red flags. Most clients complete active OT within 8–16 sessions.

Evidence base in brief: task-specific practice (CIMT for stroke, hand-therapy protocols for tendon repair, sensory integration for identified SPD subtypes) is well supported. We do not offer therapies with weak or absent evidence.