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 ...

Occupational therapists and physical therapists may see similar types of patients, but they each have unique skills. Depending your type of injury or pain, your physician will refer you to an ...

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 ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) causes muscle weakness that can sometimes interfere with the activities of daily living. Both occupational and physical therapy may help. MG is an autoimmune disorder, which ...

Joint Base San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 8, 2016) -- The U.S. Army Physical Therapy community is encouraging providers to include the Medical Readiness Assessment Tool (MRAT) with all first time physical ...

A functional assessment is a key part of any occupational health consultation, yet effective history-taking is something many coming into the profession have to learn from scratch. Helena Brady looks ...

Before April, which happens to be Occupational Therapy Month, is over, here’s a question for you. Well, it’s not super easy for those who don’t have a degree in the fields. In fact, even a veteran ...

Clarice Tang receives funding from NSW Government, Department of Health and the Maridula Budyari Gumal association. She is affiliated with Western Sydney University, South-Western Sydney Local Health ...

Physical therapy (PT) can help manage movement and reduce pain in people with various conditions, like neurological diseases and traumatic injuries. Physical therapists evaluate and take measures to ...

Nadine Narain couldn’t have imagined working in an emergency department upon graduating from the University of Toronto’s department of occupational science and occupational therapy in the Temerty ...