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Our Work Assessment Center is the link
between the patient’s doctor and his/her workplace. Our program is
tailored specifically to identify the worker’s limitations after an
injury.
 Functional
Capacity Evaluations: determines a worker’s strength, flexibility and
maximum lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling capabilities, sitting,
standing and walking capabilities as well as other job specific
capabilities.
Symptom
Magnification Syndrome Evaluation: assesses consistency of effort
through a series of objective tests to identify those patients who are
malingering.
 Work
Conditioning:
rehabilitates injured workers through strengthening and
flexibility exercises towards their vocational goals. Patients are
also educated to avoid reinjury.
Work
Hardening: rehabilitates injured workers through the above as well as
through job simulation tasks to maximize their work capabilities.
Pre-Placement Screenings: helps place capable workers educated in
proper work methods in appropriate jobs thus decreasing potential
Worker’s Compensation costs.
 Ergonomic
Analysis (On Site): the Physical Therapist assesses job site risk
factors whether in an industrial or computer station setting and
implements recommendations to decrease strain, repetitive motions,
vibration or forces placed on the worker.
Industrial
Education Programs (Lower Back and Upper Extremity): workers are
educated in prevention techniques for upper extremity or lower back
injuries. They receive education in anatomy, posture and risk factors.
The presentation includes specific slides/pictures from the industry
itself to identify good and bad postures and work habits.
Industrial
Health Fitness: individuals who are interested in fitness can exercise
under the guidance of a Physical Therapist for strengthening,
flexibility and cardiac fitness goals. |
Patients
can be seen within 24-48 hours of the referral.