The Rewards of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy may not be the most popular or known career but it definitely qualifies as one of the most rewarding. It involves not only helping clients get back to their lives and the activities they love but helps their families return to theirs as well, giving them a little peace of mind on their loved one's part along the way.

While working with clients of all ages and diagnoses, OT's aim to help people get back to their daily lives, whether that means being able to do the basic everyday tasks of feeding and/or cleaning themselves, or getting back to doing what they enjoy such as gardening or drawing. Imagine if you couldn't do something that you loved. For me, I love to dance but also enjoy shooting my bow. If something happened where I wasn't able to do these things, such as if I couldn't use my fingers to shoot my bow for example, I would be very hurt. Occupational therapists can help people get back to activities like this and work to make it so they get back to being their independent and happy selves. Throughout my observations of the OT field I've seen many happy clients leave the practice with a renewed sense of purpose and feeling that they are now able to do what they want to do without relying on anyone else, and it's all because of what OT's do everyday for their clients and the people around them. Who could ask for a better job?

So what do OT's do and why is it so rewarding? They get to make people feel...

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T.R.