SVMC brings occupational therapy to Deerfield Valley

WILMINGTON - Occupational therapy patients in Wilmington and its surrounding towns can now schedule appointments closer to home. Occupational therapist Gabrielle Loomis, MSOT, OTR/L, has begun seeing patients at SVMC’s Deerfield Valley Campus.
Occupational therapists use a wide range of creative and customized plans to help patients of all ages develop, recover, improve, and maintain the skills needed for daily living and working. Loomis offers most of the same services at the Deerfield Valley Campus as she offers at SVMC Outpatient Rehabilitation in Bennington, including evaluation and treatment of upper extremity injuries and cognitive deficits and compensatory strategy training for daily living tasks. Available treatments include upper extremity range of motion, strengthening, modalities, therapeutic activities, and adaptive equipment training.
Loomis graduated from Russell Sage College with a bachelor’s in creative arts in therapy with a concentration in dance/movement therapy. She remained at the Sage Colleges to complete a master’s degree in occupational therapy.
As a member of the rehab team at SVMC, she sees a variety of patients within the inpatient and outpatient settings and has developed a greater interest in orthopedic and cognitive conditions. In addition, Loomis is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
For information about making an occupational therapy appointment at SVMC Deerfield Valley call (802) 447-5140.