Improve Brain and Body, Function and Life
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Do you want to get back to LIFE?!
Whether you want to decrease your headaches and improve your memory after a concussion move better than your Parkinson's, MS or stroke are allowing you to do transition into performing life skills more independently or optimize your daily function as a student, worker or family member so that you can perform your everyday tasks without difficulty, we can get you on that journey, even if others have said this is as good as it gets. We can help you do and be those things that you still want to become. |
A Rise Above Occupational Therapy Services, LLC, is a small private practice in Allentown and Bethlehem treating those with neurological brain, body and whole person conditions
who deserve one-on-one care.
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Telehealth is now available!
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Our Mission:
To provide personalized Occupational Therapy to those with neurological conditions and developmental delays, by actively listening to what you need to do and hearing what is meaningful to you, in order to discover how we can help you improve your brain and body, function and life and become as independent as you can. |
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Our Vision: To help get you back to LIFE! |
ABOUT OUR OWNER
ALICIA REISER, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS
ALICIA REISER, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS
Alicia Reiser helps teens and adults with brain conditions think, move and perform everyday tasks better even if they are feeling like they are stuck.
Alicia understands that those with neurological conditions are SUFFERING A LOSS… a loss of self in terms of who they were yesterday or a loss of expectations for their child.
No one expects to have a sudden brain attack or a progressive neurological disease that slowly takes away their independence.
No one expects to watch their child have difficulty with attention, sensory overload or a typical day at school, especially as a teenager.
Alicia has seen too many active adults feel like this is as good as it gets after going through typical therapy. She has heard far too often that, “if you don’t get better after three months from your stroke, you won’t improve at all.”
She has also heard time and time again that concussion patients’ eye health is fine and their eye issues will resolve on their own and therapy won’t help.
And lastly, she has seen far too many worried parents and struggling children fly under the radar at school and then realize as a teen that there is something different in the way they learn and how they feel, because they were able to do just enough to get by.
After witnessing these stories over and over, Alicia decided to focus her private practice on those that others have given up on, or were never even identified. With that, A Rise Above Occupational Therapy was born, located in both Allentown and Bethlehem.
As a mother of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she understands the struggles of children growing into adults when they have sensory and executive functioning issues and school is excruciating.
As a therapist who has cried with patients when they move their arm for the first time after others have told them it doesn’t move, she understands that it is never too late and that you the patient have not plateaued, but maybe another therapist has plateaued.
She graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Muhlenberg College and went on to complete her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University. Sixteen years later, she went back for her clinical doctorate in vision remediation from Salus University.
Dr. Reiser is a certified brain injury specialist, LSVT BIG certified clinician for Parkinson’s Disease, offers Interactive Metronome for auditory processing and learning conditions and optometry-directed vision therapy for those with uncomfortable vision.
Alicia understands that those with neurological conditions are SUFFERING A LOSS… a loss of self in terms of who they were yesterday or a loss of expectations for their child.
No one expects to have a sudden brain attack or a progressive neurological disease that slowly takes away their independence.
No one expects to watch their child have difficulty with attention, sensory overload or a typical day at school, especially as a teenager.
Alicia has seen too many active adults feel like this is as good as it gets after going through typical therapy. She has heard far too often that, “if you don’t get better after three months from your stroke, you won’t improve at all.”
She has also heard time and time again that concussion patients’ eye health is fine and their eye issues will resolve on their own and therapy won’t help.
And lastly, she has seen far too many worried parents and struggling children fly under the radar at school and then realize as a teen that there is something different in the way they learn and how they feel, because they were able to do just enough to get by.
After witnessing these stories over and over, Alicia decided to focus her private practice on those that others have given up on, or were never even identified. With that, A Rise Above Occupational Therapy was born, located in both Allentown and Bethlehem.
As a mother of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she understands the struggles of children growing into adults when they have sensory and executive functioning issues and school is excruciating.
As a therapist who has cried with patients when they move their arm for the first time after others have told them it doesn’t move, she understands that it is never too late and that you the patient have not plateaued, but maybe another therapist has plateaued.
She graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Muhlenberg College and went on to complete her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University. Sixteen years later, she went back for her clinical doctorate in vision remediation from Salus University.
Dr. Reiser is a certified brain injury specialist, LSVT BIG certified clinician for Parkinson’s Disease, offers Interactive Metronome for auditory processing and learning conditions and optometry-directed vision therapy for those with uncomfortable vision.
For more information on how to improve brain and body, function and life
call our Allentown or Bethlehem office today!
call our Allentown or Bethlehem office today!
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Hear Alicia talk about her passion for Occupational Therapy on
WGPA SUNNY 1100 AM's Fresh Start to a Healthy Life. Podcast is available at: Menu-Streams/Podcasts- Fresh Start to a Healthy Life 1/16/2020 RePlay 4/23/2020 |
Hours of OperationMonday 8 am- 5 pm
Tuesday 8 am -6 pm Wednesday 8 am-6 pm Thursday 8 am-5 pm Friday 8 am - 12 pm Sat - Sun: Closed Additional Hours may be available upon request |
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Contact Information Phone: 610-432-7733
Email: ARiseAboveOT@gmail.com Our Locations: 3131 College Heights Blvd Suite 2400 Allentown, PA 18104 2223 Linden St Suite 2 Bethlehem, PA 18017 |
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