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What Is an Occupational Therapist?

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Updated April 28, 2013

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Definition: An occupational therapist is a licensed health professional who is trained to evaluate arthritis patients for the impact the disease has had on their ability to perform usual daily activities. An occupational therapist can help find easier ways to perform tasks and can design and prescribe assistive devices.

Pronunciation: occ-u-pay-shun-ul thare-a-pist
Also Known As: OT's
Common Misspellings: ocupational, occupationnal, ocupationnal theripists, occupational theripists
Examples:
I am having occupational therapy with the help of an occupational therapist twice a week.

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