r/OccupationalTherapy is a subreddit with 60k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses struggling, ot, looking for, job, and program, 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
: "Home health Occupational therapist - advice on when to pick up a patient or eval only"
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Therapy Mills Have No Respect"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Seeking OT recommendation - psychosocial and functional assessment"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How do you afford rent and food in OT school?"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Very good OT business as a solo founder"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/OccupationalTherapy
#1
Struggling
41 posts
#2
Ot
: "Stanbridge University MSOt"
28 posts
#3
Looking For
11 posts
#4
Job
: "Colorado OT Job question"
10 posts
#5
Program
: "Most affordable pp OTD Programs?"
6 posts
#6
New Grad
4 posts
#7
Pediatric
: "Pediatric documentation, too much or too little"
4 posts
#8
Ot Student
: "OTA school got accepted should I go?"
4 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
: "Thoughts on professors who say, "Clinicians don't understand theory and do not provide evidence-based practice" when they themselves have not been in clinical practice for 20+ years?"
38 posts
#2
Venting - Advice Wanted
: "New grad struggling in acute care"
38 posts
#3
USA
: "Therapy Mills Have No Respect"
9 posts
#4
Australia
: "Criminal Record and AHPRA Registration"
9 posts
#5
Applications
: "Occupational therapy masters UK - interview advice"
9 posts
#6
Peds
: "Is this common for a 24 month old?"
7 posts
#7
School
: "Faculty using AI to grade assignments - where are we drawing this line?"
5 posts
#8
Career
: "Employer benefits"
4 posts
#9
Hand Therapy
: "A2 pulley ring"
4 posts
#10
Canada
: "would you consider occupational therapy a neurodivergent friendly job?"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/OccupationalTherapy
Yearly
+10k members(20.3%)
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Last updated: October 20, 2026