Assignment on Management Occupational Therapy and Women’s Health

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“Occupational Therapy and Women’s Health”
Lyon (2019) in the article highlights the importance of the occupational therapy over the health
of a women. It is a natural progression that some of the occupational therapist specializes over
the health of the women. These therapists are concerned regarding the activities of the daily life
which effects their health. The article highlights over the specialization of the occupational
therapists regarding the specific techniques which targets to address as well as acknowledge the
challenges faced by women. This article by the author focuses over certain examples related to
the occupational therapy which has helped the elderly women to address their fundamental task
of toileting. It justifies how occupational therapist helps the clients by digging deeper holes for
addressing the root challenges like postnatal health condition of mothers. According the data
gathered by the author of this article, the occupational therapist across the entire globe are taking
certain initiatives for receiving further education regarding the health challenges of women.
Some of the common areas of the specialization of occupational therapy, specifically targeting
the women population as stated in the article are the urinary incontinence, prenatal, postnatal,
rehabilitation of breast cancer and general health condition of women. The article explains each
of these challenges which specifically target the female population. Specifically targeting the
female population, urinary incontinence is one of the common cause which affects the female
population. This condition require occupational therapy which can undergo a holistic approach
for improving the pelvic health of women. Some of the benefits and the factors targeting the
necessity and the benefit of the occupational therapy towards the overall health of women are
improvement of core stability, increase of flexibility, endurance and strength, management of
pelvic and low back pain. Occupational therapy among women helps in learning relaxation
strategies as well as breathing techniques, together with the management of depression and