What is the difference between OT and PT?

The elemental difference between occupational therapy, or OT and physical therapy, or PT is that OT focuses on improving a person's ability to carry out the tasks of living from day to day, while PT focuses on enhancing a person's ability to perform the movements of the body. An occupational therapist treats the person, whether they are recovering from injuries, or they may have age-related or cognitive disabilities influencing their motor skills, emotions, or behavior.

Occupational therapists assist people to play a part in their daily life. A physical therapist treats the patient's actual damage from a biological perspective. It aims to improve the impairment itself by expanding mobility, aligning bones and joints, and diminishing pain.

OT means Occupational Therapist. The OT’s jobs are to make sure that the patient will improve his/her ability to do things that are related to his/her daily life. PT means Physical Therapist. This is someone who will create some plans for the patient so that the patient will have the ability to move some of his/her body parts again.

For example, someone who has gotten into an accident may lose his/her ability to move a part of his body temporarily but with the help of the PT, the person will start to regain this ability again. Different treatments are being offered by the OT and the PT depending on the type of treatment that they believe their patients need.

OT stands for occupational therapist. An OT will work to improve a client's ability to perform ADL, which is activities of daily living. PT stands for physical therapist. A PT will work to get their client back in motion, by techniques such as exercise and massages.

They can use manual therapy and acupuncture to treat a person's injury. OT's are used to manage a patient's pain, while PT can be used to diagnose the pain and the treatment needed. As the name suggests, PT only work with a person's fitness, while OT's can work with and improve a mental health state.