When people are sick, injured or disabled, they sometimes struggle with everyday tasks, and that can erode their self-confidence. The job of an occupational therapist, or OT, is to assist individuals ...

If you have multiple sclerosis, occupational therapy can help you adapt to the changes in your body and function more effectively. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks ...

Occupational therapy (OT) helps you regain your ability to perform daily tasks and live independently. OTs create personalized plans to help improve your physical, emotional, and social needs. An OT ...

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Occupational therapy helps you when you have trouble doing daily activities because of an injury, a health issue like a stroke, or a chronic medical condition. It is also very common for children born ...

Occupational therapists may also work as consultants and researchers and might help designers who make assistive devices. A master's in occupational therapy can qualify you to work as an occupational ...

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Physical therapy and occupational therapy are two types of rehabilitative care. The goal of rehabilitative care is to improve or prevent the worsening of your condition or quality of life due to an ...

Occupational therapy is often mistaken for something having to do with career counseling. In fact, occupational therapists aren't worried about jobs; they're focused on the activities that give daily ...

A recent study has found that 30-day readmission rates for heart failure, pneumonia, and acute myocardial infarction were improved with the help of occupational therapy. An independent study published ...

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