Occupational therapy (OT) is a health discipline concerned with functional difficulty of people who are physically and/or mentally impaired and/or disabled due to various medical conditions affecting the persons’ to do daily activities. This may include bathing dressing, eating... or other tasks such as performing work. The primary goal of OT is to enable people to participate independently and successfully in activities of everyday life. This is achieved by enabling people enhance their ability through the use of appropriate activities or by modifying the environment to facilitate participation.
In leprosy, OT concerned with disability and restriction in participation of their routine activities including work, as a result of nerve involvement and reaction. The OT provides wide range of services includes and not limited to following list:

NEURO MUSCULAR TRAINING

Muscle retraining & re-education, Sensory re-education, endurance training etc

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING TRAINING

To promote functional independence in activities such as self care, writing, toileting etc

VOCATIONAL REHABILITIATION

Work hardening, work modification to accommodate disability, ergonomic consultation etc

SPLINT DESIGN & FABRICATION

To facilitate functional recovery, Prevention and correction of deformity etc

ASSISTIVE ADAPTIVE DEVICES

To facilitate independence in activities

ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION

To make home & work area accessible for the disabledNTERFERANTIAL THERAPY

SPECIALIZED CHILD HEALTH SERVICES

Hand writing remediation, school based intervention etcWAX BATH

MENTAL HEALTH

Stress & anxiety management, group therapy, habit training etc