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All cited contents here have been retrieved from http://welcome.to/occupationaltherapy.com                       with acknowledgement  <ul><li> What is OT? </li></ul>Occupational therapists seek to improve their patients’ quality of life by helping them achieve their highest level of independence. Occupational therapists use meaningful (to the patient) activities as both treatment and as a goal. Through their specialized training and education, OTs help patients regain their life roles and abilities for activities of daily living (ADLs), work, play, and leisure. This is achieved through adaptation, modification, or habilitation of the person, environment, or occupation (activity). <p> </p><ul><li>What is the difference between OT & PT? </li></ul><p align="center"> </p>OTs and PTs make a great team. Both fields address their patients’ health. Physical therapy mainly focuses on how well the body functions, while occupational therapy mainly focuses on how well (independently) the person functions within his environment while doing tasks, activities, and occupations. <p> </p><ul><li>Why do OTs use activities? </li></ul><p align="center"> </p>When a patient is recovering from an injury, what does he want to do? He wants to go back to doing the activities and occupations that made his life enjoyable. Not only do OTs know the bones, nerves, and muscles like other health-care disciplines, but we are also highly trained in activity analysis. We can analyze an activity or occupation and devise ways so the patient can engage in it again. This is done by addressing the person, environment, or occupation (activity). Techniques used can include compensatory techniques, adaptive equipment, ergonomics, activity modification, and endurance/strength training. When OTs address health maintenance, healing, and health promotion, we do this under the umbrella of meaningful (to the patient) activities. It makes more sense for the patient to learn or re-learn a skill within the context of the activity that utilizes it. We also believe our patients are more apt to be compliant with a treatment regimen that incorporates participation in a favored activity. <p> </p><h4><ul><li>Is the field of OT getting too broad? </li></ul></h4><p align="center"> </p>Why are OTs doing stress reduction seminars, administering psychosocial checklists, leading Baby & Me classes, feeding premature ICU neonates, etc? As with all health professions, there is some overlap. For example, nurses, physicians, neurologists, and physician assistants can all take a patient’s blood pressure. As OTs with a holistic theory base and clinical background, we are qualified to administer many health care services. Our focus on function and independence provides an additional perspective for assessment and treatment. As OTs, we can also be proud of what I consider two of the profession’s most unique and far-reaching contributions: Sensory Integration theory, assessment, and treatment, and Claudia Allen’s Cognitive Assessment Levels.