r/OccupationalTherapy is a subreddit with 57k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses ot, struggling, job, occupational therapy, and school, 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
: "What's the dumbest thing you've written in a note because your brain was completely gone?"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I think I found the best device for opening blinds with limited hand function"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "HORRIBLE OFFER"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Anotha one! Social emotional curriculum??"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "OT degree placement crisis, only 40/130 placed, others delayed by months. What can we do?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I couldn’t find the wheelchair accessories I needed… so I started creating them myself!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Ot
: "Did you become an Ot in your 30s (or later)?"
207 posts
#2
Struggling
57 posts
#3
Job
: "First Job 2 months in and feel like a burden"
49 posts
#4
Occupational Therapy
: "Occupational Therapy Schools in Florida/Georgia"
42 posts
#5
School
: "Advice for best ways to prepare for OT School"
41 posts
#6
Therapy
: "Occupational Therapy jobs in Ontario Canada"
37 posts
#7
New Grad
: "If you could start over as a New Grad, what would you do differently?"
19 posts
#8
Student
: "Student resources"
15 posts
#9
Looking For
11 posts
#10
Career
11 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
: "I think I found the best device for opening blinds with limited hand function"
86 posts
#2
Venting - Advice Wanted
: "HORRIBLE OFFER"
49 posts
#3
Peds
: "the tiny thing that changed one of my evals"
10 posts
#4
USA
: "Physical Therapist with a brain bleed fighting with health insurance"
8 posts
#5
Research
: "Personality's Impact on Occupational Therapists' Experience with Job Burnout: A Mixed Methods Study"
6 posts
#6
Career
: "Is RN or OT right for me?"
6 posts
#7
Applications
: "St. Augustine DOT program"
5 posts
#8
Canada
: "Experiences registering in Ontario as an internationally educated OT (Australia → Canada)"
5 posts
#9
School
: "Let’s Go Fishin’"
4 posts
#10
Venting - No Advice Please
: "Had kind of a sad session"
3 posts
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+10k members(20.6%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026