Episode 52: Using Integrative Medicine as a Tool in Occupational Therapy Practice

Allyson Chrystal is an occupational therapist and clinical instructor specializing in pediatrics. Allyson has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Georgia, a master's degree in occupational therapy from Midwestern University, and a master's degree in functional medicine and clinical nutrition from the University of Western States. She serves as the clinical director at Westside Children's Therapy, a pediatric rehabilitation company with outpatient clinics in the Chicago suburbs. In her clinical work and research, Allyson has focused on sensory integration and self-regulation in children with behavioral and developmental disorders. More recently, she has expanded her work with self-regulation to typically developing children and adolescents as well as using her knowledge in the area of functional medicine as a tool in her practice as an OT practitioner.

Resources & Recommendations:

• Holistic Occupational Therapy [Facebook Page]
• Physios and OTs in Functional Medicine [Facebook Group]
• Eating Off Plastic [Website] - blog written by a woman with sensory processing disorder
  
• Learn more about functional nutrition HERE.

Connect with Allyson via email at allyson.chrystal@westsidect.com