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Health & Wellness 2022: Occupational therapists help return patients to daily routines

Editor’s note: This story is the seventh in a series originally published in the Chronicle’s April 1 print edition, part of the annual Health & Wellness supplement sponsored by Franciscan Health.

Allen Davenport originally was skeptical about occupational therapy, but he said he saw its benefits after just two sessions with occupational therapist Miranda Palmer at Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields.

Davenport, a 53-year-old auto mechanic, underwent triceps tendon reattachment surgery on Nov. 12 to…

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