About Powell & Dent
Natalie Powell
Natalie qualified as an Occupational Therapist from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2001. She spent 2 years working at Baragwanath Hospital in Plastic Surgery, Burns and the Hand Unit. She completed her Hand Therapy Diploma in 2003. Natalie opened her private practice in Alberton in 2005 and has been in practice since. She completed her Lymphoedema certification in 2017, and completed her cancer rehabilitation certification through Pinc&Steel in 2019.
Natalie’s passion lies in lymphoedema management, splinting, scar management and pressure garments. She has served the Alberton community for 21 years! Natalie manages the out patient services at RehabFirst.
Jessica Dent
Jessica qualified as an Occupational Therapist from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2014. She completed her community service year at Estcourt Hospital and joined the practice on completion. She enrolled in her Hand therapy diploma in 2017 and completed it with distinction. Jessica is also certified in the management of Lymphoedema.
Jessica is a dynamic therapist who shows passion for splinting, the management of the stiff hand and scar management. Jessica can be found at the practice as well as at Netcare Alberton Hospital.
What have we been up to?
World Lymphoedema Day - 6 March
This year we spent World Lymphoedema Day creating awareness about lymphoedema and the role of an OT in the treatment of it!
We were out and about spreading the word about lymphoedema at the Oncology Centre at the Netcare Clinton Hospital, as well as to various Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists and our very own teammates at Rehab First.
OT Week
The 2026 theme is: PARTICIPATION CHANGES EVERYTHING!
And because we are passionate about increasing awareness in our community, we are running a campaign to find out just what participation means to those around us.
Check out our social media pages to see all the details!
I Love Boobies Virtual Event
October is breast cancer awareness month, and so we decided to gather a group of amazing people to participate in the I Love Boobies virtual 5km event.
We sponsored shirts for all of our runners/walkers/crawlers, and organised everyone a pair of "I Love Boobies" socks! All proceeds and donations were given to the I Love Boobies organisation to assist in educating and performing clinical screenings for South African women who have limited funds and access to medical facilities.
We had tons of fun, and raised over R8000 for this amazing cause!
