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What is occupational therapy?

Medically reviewed by Forest Miller, OTR/L Key Takeaways Occupational therapy helps people do everyday tasks on their own. It ...
The Adult Occupational Therapy Clinic serves adults and older adults who have neurological diagnoses such as cerebral vascular accidents and traumatic brain injuries, orthopedic conditions such as ...
Occupational therapists focus on enabling people to do what they want and need to do in their everyday lives. Some people use the abbreviation OT for occupational therapy. In this article, we explain ...
The Adults Doing Life Skills Clinic serves adults who have diagnoses such as mild, moderate and severe intellectual impairments, cerebral palsy, brain injury, epilepsy, autism and other developmental ...
Because you have rheumatoid arthritis, you'd probably benefit a lot from physical therapy and occupational therapy. They’re often parts of the RA treatment plan. Healthy joints are the "hinges" that ...
Occupational therapists and physical therapists may see similar types of patients, but they each have unique skills. Depending your type of injury or pain, your physician will refer you to an ...
Arthritis treatment may include physical therapy and/or occupational therapy. People with arthritis often have stiff joints-- largely because they avoid movements that can increase pain. By not moving ...