r/OccupationalTherapy is a subreddit with 58k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, looking for, job, ot, and new grad, and they frequently recommend/review sneaker recommendations, scrubs, and compression socks.
This is a subreddit to celebrate all things Occupational Therapy. Whether you are an OT, know an OT, want to be an OT, or just want to hang out with some OT's, you are welcome here.
Popular Themes in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Advice Requests
: "COTAs-are you making a living wage?"
23 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "One handed hair management"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "OT programs are too expensive"
5 posts
#4
Ideas
: "is my idea actually feasible?"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Is a $79k salary normal for a full time OTR with 5 years experience? South Florida inpatient."
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I built a free VR tool for my partner's stroke rehab and it's now being used in clinics worldwide 🌍"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Struggling
52 posts
#2
Looking For
11 posts
#3
Job
7 posts
#4
Ot
7 posts
#5
New Grad
6 posts
#6
Frustrating
5 posts
#7
Hate
5 posts
#8
Level Ii
3 posts
#9
Acute Care
3 posts
#10
Mental Health
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/OccupationalTherapy
Sneaker Recommendations
21 reviews
#1
Brooks
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#2
Hoka
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Kizik
3.5★ from 2 reviews
Scrubs
6 reviews
#1
FIGS
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Dolan
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Healing Hands
4.0★ from 1 review
Compression Socks
5 reviews
#1
Cloves
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Truform
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Pro Compression
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Discussion
: "Quality of education"
74 posts
#2
Venting - Advice Wanted
: "ot is one of those jobs where the emotional work is invisible until you are completely drained"
44 posts
#3
USA
: "Orientation/onboarding for OT jobs"
13 posts
#4
Applications
: "Application timing"
9 posts
#5
School
: "Student "addicted" to YouTube"
7 posts
#6
Career
: "Is OT what I've been looking for?"
5 posts
#7
fieldwork
: "Question for CIs regarding use of chatBots/AI by students"
4 posts
#8
Canada
: "CANADA ONLY- i keep seeing people say that OT is only worth it if your partner earns a lot"
4 posts
#9
Peds
: "Travel therapy- pediatrics only?"
4 posts
#10
Outpatient
: "Outpatient OTs…"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/OccupationalTherapy
Yearly
+10k members(20.3%)
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Last updated: August 1, 2026