Occupational Therapy vs Physical Therapy!? Which Route do I Choose!?

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  • @drjustinleedpt
    @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @laupeter4594
      @laupeter4594 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      PT training tends to be more structured. OT training often doesn’t have a protocol, it’s more about whether or not the patient is satisfied with your services and this is where your creativity jumps in

  • @marvynluna3637
    @marvynluna3637 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Both professions know the entire body in and out. Both are extremely helpful but OT has an additional area that we can dive into which is Mental health.

  • @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044
    @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Wow! Right now at my internship I get to help out with both PT and OT, and even though I am going for physical therapy I have a new found respect for occupational therapists. Both professions truly work hand in hand as a team.

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats so awesome! Its great you're getting that experience because you can see different areas of rehab and how other professions can treat too. such a great opportunity!!

    • @dtphenomenal
      @dtphenomenal ปีที่แล้ว

      At my job it’s like pt and ot don’t know what the other is doing. One will write 1 asast for transfer and the other will make hoyer transfer for toilet. So many care plan inconsistencies.

  • @ritajack5259
    @ritajack5259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Thank you, I’m a freshman in college right now. I was going to go into nursing but I have always been skeptical about doing it. I just felt pressured so I chose a career. But I want to change it, so I have been doing my research. I’m stuck between these two careers and even after this video, I still cannot decide!!!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you for dropping in Rita! So what are the two careers you were thinking?

    • @marianaperez912
      @marianaperez912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey Rita what did you decide? I originally want to get into PTA and messed up on my requirements, so I went into the LPN program which had the same prereqs. Now I'm a pediatric lpn. But I'm planning on working towards a bachelor's in nursing and using that to go towards the DPT program.

    • @burtnation1357
      @burtnation1357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did u decide bro

    • @ranayawilliams8418
      @ranayawilliams8418 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @jessicq
      @jessicq ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m the same way. I was so set on nursing but overall decided it was a career choice that was too stressful and hard to follow through with. I’m set on occupational therapy now!

  • @krisha600
    @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wanna know your story!
    Why you chose *PT*
    (I chose because growing up i have immense love and respect for elderly ppl i wanna give them life by helping them in mobility and yeah i think that’s the max I could do
    I have great oratory skills so it helps me to *CONNECT W PPL* and *improve their life w My skills* )

  • @colemanharris5950
    @colemanharris5950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Good to see an OT and PT respecting each other’s fields. During my shadowing, PT and OT would consult each other to get the best of both worlds, but at my MOT program there is very little intermingling. Some say the PT’s have a superiority complex, but I think it’s just because either professional is more comfortable with their cohort. Great video!

    • @marvynluna3637
      @marvynluna3637 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fr idk why the PTs freakout when OTs treat the neck. Its in the scope... and usually i find the people angry or with the superiority complex are the older generations

  • @addisonbrady7107
    @addisonbrady7107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Oh my goodness, I needed this today😂 I’m pre-pt right now but at thinking about switching to pre-OT

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      THIS VIDEO WAS MEANT FOR YOU!!!! Im sure you got a good headstart of what to expect if you switched. wow IM SO GLAD YOU FOUND THIS VIDEO Addison!!

    • @krisha600
      @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drjustinleedpt I’m so glad i’ve been following you over 6months now
      And continue till end
      love you man !

    • @LovelyyOT
      @LovelyyOT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Come on over :))

    • @jia7693
      @jia7693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ME RIGHT NOW!! I'm deciding on doing the same thing!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did this video help?

  • @jenniegodoylee7766
    @jenniegodoylee7766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Love the energy from you and Nancy 💓Gotta stand out - not blend in!

  • @kemberlycastillo5334
    @kemberlycastillo5334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just discovered your videos and I love them!! It’s helping me get a clear picture of each job and which I really want to do with my kinesiology degree when I finish undergrad!!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOVE HEARING THIS!! So after exploring, what do you want to do?

  • @clarissemuterateka6088
    @clarissemuterateka6088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you so much for making this. I just switched from nursing and currently deciding between the 2 types of therapy and I appreciate you lotss!!

  • @lilacfields
    @lilacfields 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i’m an incoming college freshman majoring in psychology and this is very helpful! very sure about OT now 💗

  • @krisha600
    @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Dude *let me tell u 1 thing*
    You know EXACTLY what a viewer wants to see
    U legit cover *those topics, only* . So well, perfectly!!!
    It’s like u’ve *mastered* the G-Spot
    btw *i’m a Student in 2nd year of Physiotherapy course* Loads of love kudos to you and your Channel* ❤️

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAHAHAAAA I FREAKEN love this comment ! LOL thanks for making me laugh. I’m glad I am able to give concise info. Super accurate. Haha you’re funny man. Thank you so much for this great comment and good luck with your studies!!!

    • @krisha600
      @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drjustinleedpt always *anytime* !
      (Also do answer my other 2 questions 👇🏼below)

    • @krisha600
      @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drjustinleedpt also which state are you practicing in?

  • @debtfreeF
    @debtfreeF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great collab video! Super thorough and informative on distinguishing the two professions!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much France! It was great to be able to have her share from a OT point of view on similar topics

    • @krisha600
      @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drjustinleedpt *India* loves you JUSTIN

  • @tamiroupp2075
    @tamiroupp2075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve been in healthcare careers for over 30 years, and as an MSOTR for over 20. PT and OT are both valuable, both needed. I’ve worked in general and rehab hospitals, state psych hospital, SNF-Rehab, out patient clinics, and home health. Not in schools. That said, from my experiences, I think PTs have higher pay rates, greater demand for their services, and a more “succinct” way of defining their clinical role to patients and the community - including to our cohorts like MDs and nurses! I’ve got 9 years under my belt as a home health OT. My treatment time with patients is longer and more involved than the PTs I’ve worked with. They can see 30-40 folks in a week, to my 20-25. And since we’re paid “per visit”, and I often have an even smaller caseload, the PTs are earning much more than me.

    • @marvynluna3637
      @marvynluna3637 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      OTs are greatly needed in hospitals because hospitals know OTs are versatile but they SCAM them by paying them lower when it should be higher or same. Either way the hospital is making alot from both therapists and paying them pennies. OTs that worked over 20 years know this. The PTs are paid but the hospitals really need OTs for some reason we still cant comprehend but the OTs now get paid around $40-45 an hour. Outpatient rn market is $37 minimum (still low because 15 years ago when a bunch of the OTs i worked with were paid 36). Home Health is around $50-55.

    • @JayJay-ue3xy
      @JayJay-ue3xy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Australia, OTS get paid alot especially if they worth within the disability field. The disability field in Australia is huge, people can get 24hr care. OTs do all their assessments. They get $200 an hr.

    • @JayJay-ue3xy
      @JayJay-ue3xy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@marvynluna3637I'm a disability support worker and OTs in Australia who work in the disability field get $200 an hr.

  • @trilbyarnold3341
    @trilbyarnold3341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You both covered a lot but neither of you described what differentiates your therapy focus from each other. I know most patients have no idea what differentiates you in the treatment performed. Otherwise very good.

  • @krisha600
    @krisha600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hey *Can you make a Video on* :
    Students who complete their UNDERGRADUATION in countries like *India* , Malaysia (basically *asian countries* ) but for their *Masters* they wanna accomplish their *Post-Grad in countries like 🇺🇸 USA* / Canada. So what are requirements for those foreign students.. *do they have to study under graduation again* ??? acc to wished country *or what*
    Also give *special* attention on *BEST PHYSICAL THERAPY COLLEGES IN N. CAROLINA (USA)* ,
    Maryland , Delaware (these 3 are most desired places for me..to study)
    If u don’t wanna talk about it , at least share a link on above State’s PT schools

  • @JessicaLopez-kk1xs
    @JessicaLopez-kk1xs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Omg...the both of you are seriously adorable. Truly entertaining. 😉😄

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awww thank you so much for sharing this! This video was really fun 😇

  • @licharlie8270
    @licharlie8270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes! I would love to hear your story YOU would put on your personal statement for why PT!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Li! Thanks for your comment. Have you had a chance to see this video? I share WHY I wanted to get into PT. I think you’ll find it helpful (: th-cam.com/video/SZlQkRPleS4/w-d-xo.html

  • @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044
    @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Also want to share some news because I love this channel so much:
    I just got my first DPT interview yesterday which is really exciting!

    • @jenniegodoylee7766
      @jenniegodoylee7766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Congratulations!!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OMGGGG THAT SO AWESOME!! Congrats! How was it??
      Also, you should share that win when you join the NEW Facebook group! Here is the link: facebook.com/groups/levatornation

    • @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044
      @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drjustinleedpt Thankyou! I have not had it yet but I also recently got another one which is this weekend for one of my top schools!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stefaniehernandez-mendez1044 YASSASS QUEEN! You’re a freaken champ! I’m so proud of you. Keep me posted with your progress please!

    • @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044
      @stefaniehernandez-mendez1044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drjustinleedpt thankyou so much!! And of course. So glad I got my first one done, it was not too bad. Hopefully they like me :)

  • @matthewstein5424
    @matthewstein5424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey man, this was a great and comprehensive video you did and I appreciate this info a lot. I already have gotten about 60+ hours of shadowing at a PT clinic who have been so amazing in their performance and the way they treat patients. They too deal with patients one on one for one hour straight ranging from ages I've seen 29 to 95 so far.
    MY QUESTION FOR YOU: She mentioned starting salary was about 38-40 dollars an hour but you mentioned the average a PT makes, not starting salary. What would be a starting salary for PT?
    I hope you can get back to me.
    Best,
    -Matt

  • @devonmorquecho
    @devonmorquecho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey Justin you should show us some exercises for lower back pain or for someone that just got knee surgery. Keep the videos coming!!!

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Devon for commenting ! I actually made a video on easy low back stretches. you can find it here: th-cam.com/video/D4RbFdM6MRA/w-d-xo.html But if that doesn't help, then feel free to email me!

    • @devonmorquecho
      @devonmorquecho 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drjustinleedpt awesome I’ll check it out thank you!

  • @4mariki
    @4mariki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would love to be an OT or PT but I’m super old now so, 7 years on I’ll be old so old. I wish we could go back in time I would have done better at school got a tutor if needed and started knowing more occupations to choose from and learn about so I could have been an OT or PT.

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am sorry to hear that you feel older. It is never too late to get into a profession, but I have to admit, there is a lot of work and a lot of time required to become a OT or a PT. Have you considered the assistant route? Like PTA?

    • @gabrielleholt8899
      @gabrielleholt8899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Go for OTA or PTA. I am 24 and did not want to go back to school for 7 years. Ota only requires 2 years and depending on your state the pay is awesome. If you want to continue on to OT after that, they have bridge programs to move you forward in

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gabrielleholt8899 Great advice Gabrielle! Do you regret your decision or are you completely satisfied with it?

    • @christiancalderon3821
      @christiancalderon3821 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drjustinleedptI’m 45 yrs old and I am thinking my age. More thinking about the time. I have a business degree since 2002. How and what schools you recommend to get into physical therapy? I know there is no short cuts but any will help

  • @MathematicalCarol
    @MathematicalCarol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    insta followed you are so cute and formative clear and I can listen all day thanks for making it fun!

  • @drbertdpt
    @drbertdpt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I choose cash pay PT!

  • @JohnHernandez-kh1vt
    @JohnHernandez-kh1vt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm but I'm afraid that is going to be very hard. But I need that. I want learn. I think fiscal therapy. Occupation, hard..I think

  • @DestinieLo
    @DestinieLo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Did I just hear you say PT can go from Bachelors to Doctorates in 7 years? 😳

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You heard correctly! Undergraduate bachelors degree in four years and doctorate in 3 years

    • @DestinieLo
      @DestinieLo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drjustinleedpt So can an OT! I am just wondering why that is? Why isn't there Master programs for PT and OT anymore

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DestinieLo As the profession is growing, the standard of education grows with it. I’m not too sure about OT, but PT started out with a certification. Then it went to a bachelors. Then it went to a masters. And now it is at a doctorate.

    • @laupeter4594
      @laupeter4594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DestinieLo basically to keep you longer in school to reduce employment rate and then get you in more debt so that your professors can earn more

  • @eaglespa5363
    @eaglespa5363 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is the difference between a massage therapy and OP therapy and TP

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  ปีที่แล้ว

      Massage therapy is mostly just working on the muscles and superficial tissue. They don’t diagnose and don’t use too much clinical thinking. OT and PT can work on the muscles and other tissues like nerves joints and also incorporate exercises (there are more but that’s a good gist of it)

  • @isaacleomiti1694
    @isaacleomiti1694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi! I just wanted to ask, are observation hours the same as volunteer hours? Or are they different? Can someone please help clarify?

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are the same!! You can get observation hours while working as an aide or a tech but you can get observation hours as a volunteer too

    • @isaacleomiti1694
      @isaacleomiti1694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drjustinleedpt Awesome! Thank you so much!(:

  • @Elobuikejoy
    @Elobuikejoy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to hear your story for choosing PT

  • @nigel-19
    @nigel-19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video .... it is rilly helpful .....

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re welcome! Glad this was helpful!

  • @miraclessite3522
    @miraclessite3522 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you do a house tour. Love your background

  • @ranayawilliams8418
    @ranayawilliams8418 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you do this video but I am a freshman in college. My major is nursing but I feel like I was pressured into it and since I am also leaning into being an herbalist and a doula I wanted to do something to help with patient with minimum to no meds just natural remedies. But I am still stuck on the money part because Ik nurses make money due to traveling and say If the state have a bad weather nurses can go and travel to that and get paid so I’m just tryna figure out what can I do.

  • @dtphenomenal
    @dtphenomenal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you or anyone know if their is a transition course for PTA to DPT? Or do you have to start over?

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a bridge program! But only 2 in the USA. Look up my video talking a out PTA to DPT

  • @JenniferAvon-d7o
    @JenniferAvon-d7o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for discuss. I like therapist. Since highschool. But!, I want to learn to different physical and medical treatment. medical. Only here. TH-cam for listening. Physical and medical college school. I can't 😅 jenny from Philippines

  • @barnabastheodore3912
    @barnabastheodore3912 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can I purse bot after bpt ?? I'm interested in occupational therapy as well, but right now I'm a pt student?

  • @Trujones
    @Trujones ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sold me on GRE😅

  • @medlife3931
    @medlife3931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Vedio helpful

  • @sagehagan1575
    @sagehagan1575 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You make PT sound way better plus it seems like pt. pays more, I want to work at a school or clinic maybe home care only because of the one on one, there was a lot I do not like as doing home care in the past plus I hear if you go for the whole thing and become a PT you can blackly be more like the R.N. not like a lpn and have to what ot have less they can scop , my goal is to work with schools , I have been a patient for pt for different things unfortunately and ot to strengthen my hand and learn how to write , and I saw my Dad go throw pt ot & speech therapy . it is a verry hared choice, to make it seems like pt is more saturated and way more schools, ota school would mean I would have to move two hours away, plus pay seems less and if I went past a pta or ota pta sounds better being you have to put a lot of money into it,I would not care so much about the money, but I have to work less hours and pay for college. and both can work in schools, but it is hard to see what is needed more.

  • @mystic9239
    @mystic9239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    John 18 : 37-38
    37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” 38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen! But.. how does this relate to the video?

    • @mystic9239
      @mystic9239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drjustinleedpt I don't know but Jesus Christ said to spread this gospel in this video so I just spread it .
      BTW I am an OT 2nd year student . I used to watch your videos it was very informative and helpful for my studies

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mystic9239 AMEN!!!! I love it!!

  • @johnnaluedecke
    @johnnaluedecke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ot and pt, you can get a job better. Also, double major stands out. Lol😂

  • @mars7612
    @mars7612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is he talking..so..slowly..?? I had to make the playback speed x1.25! Great information, just hard to get through.

    • @drjustinleedpt
      @drjustinleedpt  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hahaaaaa my bad! I’ll speed up the talking next time! Thanks for the feedback

    • @madilynandujar7155
      @madilynandujar7155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think you’re the only one 😅

    • @jessocity9964
      @jessocity9964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      At least he's not talking like Ben Shapiro

    • @CareBearKim
      @CareBearKim ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drjustinleedpt you spoke just fine please do not adjust for this one person

  • @edramos975
    @edramos975 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video but could go to the point. You took 3 minutes to start talking about what the video is about. Oh man