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, ot, job, 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
: "I got into OT school!"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Suggestions on a tool for picking up shells?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "ot is somehow both deeply meaningful and absolutely absurd"
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Is a $79k salary normal for a full time OTR with 5 years experience? South Florida inpatient."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Struggling
47 posts
#2
Looking For
11 posts
#3
Ot
: "Interim DOR"
10 posts
#4
Job
7 posts
#5
New Grad
6 posts
#6
Fieldwork
: "Ethical concerns in IRF / Fieldwork"
5 posts
#7
Career
: "There has got to be a way to pursue this Career while paying a mortgage!?"
4 posts
#8
Licensing
4 posts
#9
Shadowing
: "How many Shadowing hours did you have when you applied to OT school?"
4 posts
#10
Level Ii
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
: "ot is somehow both deeply meaningful and absolutely absurd"
68 posts
#2
Venting - Advice Wanted
: "ot is one of those jobs where the emotional work is invisible until you are completely drained"
54 posts
#3
School
: "I got into OT school!"
10 posts
#4
Peds
: "Wilbarger Brushing"
7 posts
#5
USA
: "Textbooks"
7 posts
#6
Career
: "Took a non-clinical role and couldn’t be happier"
6 posts
#7
Research
: "I’m considering a career pivot to OT. I have two questions!"
6 posts
#8
School Therapy
: "School District Creating an OT Position?"
5 posts
#9
Just For Fun
: "What is your OT “elevator pitch”? How do you briefly explain OT to other people?"
4 posts
#10
Applications
: "How many shadowing hours did you have when you applied to OT school?"
4 posts
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Last updated: July 25, 2026