Industrial Rehabilitation

Our industrial rehabilitation program offers a wide range of specialized programs designed to meet the needs of both recovering workers and their employers.

Work Conditioning & Work Hardening
As part of our process, we provide Work Conditioning Programs for recovering workers who have progressed through the early course of physical therapy care and are ready for more intense training. We also offer Work Hardening Programs which have increased emphasis on real or simulated work activities designed to restore physical, behavioral and vocational functions.

Work Conditioning consists of:

• Education and training in proper posture and body mechanics.
• Muscle/joint flexibility exercises.
• Strengthening exercises.
• Cardiovascular training.
• Material handling training.
• Non-material handling training.

Work Hardening is reserved for recovering workers who:

• Have completed a previous work conditioning program.
• Have a specific job to return to, or are in a formal rehabilitation plan with a vocational rehabilitation consultant.
• Not ready to return to work.

Work Hardening is a daily program that lasts a minimum of 4 hours daily, up to a maximum of 8 hours daily. Increased emphasis is placed on real or simulated work activities designed to restore physical, behavioral and vocational functions.

Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE)
We also offer FCEs which include medical/injury history, musculoskeletal assessment and functional testing. The results of an FCE allow the injured worker’s functional abilities to be classified according to standardized terminology. Physicians, vocational rehabilitation consultants, claims managers, nurse case managers and other rehabilitation professionals use the results to assist the worker in safely returning to work.