Occupational therapy may help those with RA manage daily tasks by reducing pain and fatigue, conserving energy, and adapting their environment or workplace. An occupational therapist may recommend ...

Physical therapy and occupational therapy are two types of rehabilitative care. The goal of rehabilitative care is to improve or prevent the worsening of your condition or quality of life due to an ...

Arthritis treatment may include physical therapy and/or occupational therapy. People with arthritis often have stiff joints-- largely because they avoid movements that can increase pain. By not moving ...

Alex Gleason, right, works on resistance exercises with Kathy Randall, a certified hand therapist at the LMH Health West Campus. Alex Gleason can’t pinpoint the moment she injured her thumb, but she ...

The joint pain, fatigue, and other symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can make everyday tasks challenging. Pain often occurs in the small joints of the fingers, wrists and toes, and unlike some ...

Occupational therapists focus on enabling people to do what they want and need to do in their everyday lives. Some people use the abbreviation OT for occupational therapy. In this article, we explain ...

Occupational therapists (OTs) and physical therapists (PTs) work to improve people's lives. The fields are related and have many similarities, but they are different in focus and scope. Many people ...