Services at Kingston WoRx - Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation services are a crucial link for a timely and safe return-to-work following injury. The goal of our program is to restore an injured employee’s level of physical performance so they can safely return-to-work as quickly as possible. Rehabilitation services assist with both pre- and post-surgical clients and injury management by working closely with employers, employees, providers, and insurance adjusters to design an effective individualized, return-to-work process.
Following injury, or before surgery, our physical therapy services can help to manage pain and maximize your functional performance. Treatment by a licensed physical therapist can handle a broad range of neuromusculoskeletal injuries, from acute to chronic in nature.
Our physical therapist can employ an integrated rehab program utilizing therapeutic exercise, modalities like ultrasound, electric stimulation, paraffin, and thermal applications, manual therapy, and functional training to handle all of your rehabilitative needs.
Our trained and licensed staff will work with your company to develop a graduated return to work program for injured workers. This will help to insure a smooth, injury-free integration back into the workforce.
This program may include:
• Development of detailed job descriptions to comply with ADA and DOT guidelines
• Classification and implementation of job duties/demands
• Identification of injury-specific special needs in job tasks
• Education to the injured worker about their condition
• Education of management to understand the need for a graduated RTW program
Injury prevention education provides your employees with basic tools to minimize injuries in the workplace. Our programs encourage individual responsibility by providing employees with a fundamental understanding of injuries that occur in the workplace and how they can be prevented.
Understanding what injuries you are at risk for, and understanding how these injuries occur can help reduce the incidence and severity of these injuries in the workplace. We offer several educational programs, or can create an individualized training program, to meet your company’s specific needs.
Our education classes, tailored to your company’s specific needs, include:
• Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTD’s) and Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD’s)
Cumulative Trauma Disorders and Workplace related MusculoSkeletal Disorders
• Injuries caused by repetitive motion
• Learn about cumulative trauma disorders:
- what they are
- where they occur
- why they occur
- what are the warning signs
- prevention measures
• Back School
Back Schools have been used by industry and the health care community as a way to reduce the incidence and severity of low back injuries, OSHA’s “#1 problem in the workplace.” The Kingston WoRx Back School is a 4-5 hour course that covers the following areas:
- How Your Back Works
- Lifting Techniques
- Anatomy
- Postural Concerns
- Common Injuries
- Prevention
• Lifting School
A short, yet comprehensive program specifically designed for material handlers or assembly jobs that require strenuous and/or repetitive lifting.
This program covers:
• Theory behind How Your Back Works
• Basic Anatomy
• Interactive Demonstration/ Participation of Proper Lifting, Push, and Pull Techniques
• Specific Injury Training
A customized program that will be tailored to the specific needs of your organization:
• learn why specific injuries keep reoccurring
• learn the signs, symptoms, and etiology of the disease process
• learn prevention techniques
• Office Ergonomics
The Job-Specific Ergonomics Series provides workers with an overview of the risk factors associated with administrative and desk jobs. Participants will learn how to evaluate their work center and make the appropriate adjustments to their environment, as well as employ other prevention techniques to avoid potential injuries.
Examples include: Office Ergonomics; “Your Desk, Your Computer, and You
• Ergonomics Team Training
A program designed to build the infrastructure of a corporate ergonomics plan, educate employees about recognizing ergonomic hot-spots, and implementing an internal Ergonomics Control Board. Content of this program will be focused on the specific needs of your company.
• Management Ergonomic Training
An educational program that is geared towards raising management’s awareness of the need for ergonomic controls in the workplace. It will give management ideas on how to handle employee complaints and the framework for an internal ergonomics and injury management plan, to be carried out by themselves.