r/OccupationalTherapy is a subreddit with 57k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, 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?"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "HORRIBLE OFFER"
6 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "How are you going to pay for OT school with the new loan caps?"
5 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "I think I found the best device for opening blinds with limited hand function"
4 posts
#5
Ideas
: "I've used adaptive utensils for 30 years and could never find a good one — so I finally made one. Would love OT feedback."
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "OT degree placement crisis, only 40/130 placed, others delayed by months. What can we do?"
1 post
#7
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
: "Why doesn’t Ot, PT and SLP unionize?"
207 posts
#2
Struggling
57 posts
#3
Job
: "Finally got a Job"
49 posts
#4
Occupational Therapy
: "OT degree placement crisis, only 40/130 placed, others delayed by months. What can we do?"
42 posts
#5
School
: "OT School in the U.S. is so punishing"
41 posts
#6
Therapy
: "What’s something you do in your personal life now, that you didn’t do before becoming an OT?"
37 posts
#7
New Grad
: "May be fired from New Grad position?"
19 posts
#8
Student
: "Level 1 FW"
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
: "Why doesn’t OT, PT and SLP unionize?"
93 posts
#2
Venting - Advice Wanted
: "Faking it till I make it"
51 posts
#3
USA
: "I am debt free!!!!!"
11 posts
#4
Peds
: "the tiny thing that changed one of my evals"
6 posts
#5
Applications
: "St. Augustine DOT program"
6 posts
#6
Venting - No Advice Please
: "Had kind of a sad session"
4 posts
#7
Research
: "Personality's Impact on Occupational Therapists' Experience with Job Burnout: A Mixed Methods Study"
4 posts
#8
NBCOT
: "passing the NBCOT without doing an adult FW rotation?"
4 posts
#9
Home Care
: "Can an occupational therapist cook with a person to teach cooking skills?"
3 posts
#10
Career
: "Finally got a job"
3 posts
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+10k members(20.5%)
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Last updated: June 23, 2026