Industrial Medicine
Advance Rehabilitation’s Industrial Medicine Staff is dedicated to rehabilitating injured workers, returning them back to full duty work and assisting physicians, case managers, and adjusters with issues concerning case closure.
Our staff has over 30 years’ experience working in the industrial field with local industry and hold multiple Functional Capacity Evaluation, Job Demand Analysis and Ergonomic certifications.
Clinically, we offer Functional Capacity Evaluations, Work Conditioning/Work Hardening programs and, Pre-Employment/Post-Offer screening. On-site, we offer Job Demand Analysis, Ergonomic Assessment/Work Station Modification and Injury Prevention programs.
IN-HOUSE SERVICES
WORK CONDITIONING/WORK HARDENING
At Advance Rehabilitation our Working Conditioning/Work Hardening programs focus on progressing the patients to 3-4 hours of exercise/functional training per session, 3 days a week. At the end of 4-8 weeks, patients usually return to full duty work. Participants are reassessed every two weeks with reports being provided to physicians and insurance companies. If a patient is unable to return to full duty work, we can assist with case closure by performing a functional capacity evaluation.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION
A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is a test performed to determine an individual’s safe functional abilities. FCE’s at Advance Rehabilitation last 3-4 hours in duration. Tests results are based on Dept. of Labor standards and focus on measuring a client’s maximum voluntary effort, ability to perform material handling tasks, non-material handling tasks and work postures.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT/POST-OFFER SCREENING
The screenings are performed on job applicants to see if they can meet the minimum requirements to perform a specific job. These screenings are performed in accordance with ADA regulations and based on an existing job demand analysis.
ON-SITE SERVICES
JOB DEMAND ANALYSIS
Entails a visit to the job site to observe workers performing the job and taking objective measurements of the physical demands of the job to ensure an accurate and ADA compliant job description is available.
INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
On-site education/presentations to workers on safety, cumulative trauma prevention, strains/sprains prevention, etc. Can be customized to a body parts involving higher incidence of injury.
PRE-WORK STRETCHING
We can design a pre-work/pre-shift stretching program to aid in work efficiency and decreased rate of fatigue which may decrease injury rate and/or injury severity.
ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT
Educated and trained staff can evaluate a work station and make recommendations to help a worker better fit to their environment. We can evaluate work station design and make recommendations to enhance safety and efficiency of the worker.
