Hickory Mayor Proclaims April as Occupational Therapy Month at CVMC

Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright (center) recently visited Catawba Valley Medical Center’s (CVMC) Occupational Therapy (OT) staff members to officially proclaim April as Occupational Therapy Month. OT professionals can help reduce their patient’s physical limitations by improving muscle strength, desensitizing painful areas and enhancing behavioral and cognitive skills when illness or injury prevents an individual from performing life’s daily tasks. Through occupational therapy, patients improve self-care abilities and acquire skills to regain or maintain maximum function and ability to return to the activities of daily living. CVMC recognizes April as Occupational Therapy month in honor of their occupational therapists who through their skill and guidance help patients return to everyday activities. Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, three times recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet facility, was recently named as a “Distinguished Hospital for An Outstanding InPatient Experience” by J.D. Power and Associates as well as a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers.