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Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy is a type of physical therapy to improve one's engagement of activities of daily living and their occupation. It includes reintroducing daily tasks of living including physical and mental task to help one improve a type of disability. Hand therapy is also a type of occupational therapy.
Dr. Pouya Shafipour reviewed this
25 year experience in Family Medicine
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Can you please define occupational therapy?
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How early can you start occupational therapy?
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Is occupational therapy a growing or declining field?
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Do normal people recieve occupational therapy treatments?
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What is the definition or description of: occupational therapy?
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What kind of problems qualify a child for occupational therapy?
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Occupational therapy: what kinds of activities are being helped?
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Can anyone give me information on duration of occupational therapy?
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Will all occupational therapy programs become doctorates like PT programs did?
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How can occupational therapy help my disabled child?
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What is an activity analysis in occupational therapy?
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How can occupational therapy relate to healing the soul?
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How can occupational therapy help me as a disabled person?
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Does occupational therapy help rehabilitate a stroke victim?
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What can I expect in occupational therapy for my disabled child?
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What kind of occupational therapy is suggested for someone recovering from a mental illness?
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Please help! what is the difference, if any, between occupational health and occupational therapy in relation to children?
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Is it true that mental health occupational therapy is now obsolete and has been removed from the list of "mental health providers?"
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A 29-year old male asked:
I'm a male and interested in Occupational therapy. Is it unacceptable or frowned upon for a make to be on OT since it's a female dominated profession?
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Could acupuncture be considered occupational therapy?
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What are arom and prom exercises in occupational therapy?
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Do kids with autism benefit from occupational therapy and how?
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What are range of motion exercises in occupational therapy?
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What do neurological and cognitive occupational therapy assessments invite and what do they determine?
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Is occupational therapy assisting a growing or declining field? I heard OT is being swallowed up my physical therapy
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Are there any other treatments for lissencephaly other than physical and occupational therapy I should know of for my 4 month old baby?
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Can occupational therapy help bipolar disorder and how?
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Can occupational therapy assistants provide talk therapy?
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Could the combination of acupuncture and occupational therapy help relieve damaged nerves in an arm?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Debilitating hypochondriasis, tried psychotherapy,occupational therapy,meditation,anti depressants,yoga,benzodiazpanes ,nothing works ?!what do I do?
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