Workers’ Compensation & Work Conditioning
A program designed to help patients regain systemic, neurological, cardiopulmonary, and musculoskeletal function, including strength, mobility, power, endurance, motor control, and functional abilities.
Common symptoms and diagnoses treated
Pain, weakness, reduced mobility, limited endurance, neurological or musculoskeletal impairments, and difficulty meeting job demands after a work-related injury.
How one-on-one physical therapy may help
Treatment focuses on documenting objective progress following a work-related injury and facilitating a safe, successful return to work. Care may include therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular re-education, progressive strengthening, body-mechanics education, and functional activities that simulate the patient’s specific job requirements.
This information is educational and does not replace an individual evaluation or medical advice. Seek urgent medical care for severe or rapidly worsening symptoms.
Activities that may be difficult
Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, climbing, reaching, tool use, and sustaining activity across a workday.
What the evaluation may examine
Strength, mobility, power, endurance, motor control, functional abilities, job demands, and objective change over time.
Treatment approaches may include
Therapeutic exercise
Neuromuscular re-education and progressive strengthening
Body-mechanics education
Functional activities that simulate specific job requirements
Postoperative rehabilitation
When a work injury involves surgery, rehabilitation follows the surgeon’s restrictions while documenting objective progress toward safe job demands.
Questions about this type of care
What is work conditioning?
A program designed to help patients regain systemic, neurological, cardiopulmonary, and musculoskeletal function, including strength, mobility, power, endurance, motor control, and functional abilities.
Do you communicate with case managers and adjusters?
Yes. With appropriate authorization, the clinic can provide objective progress information and coordinate the rehabilitation plan with the involved parties.
Written for patient education and clinically reviewed by Ryan Dooley, DPT.
Let’s understand what is limiting you.
Request a call to discuss one-on-one physical therapy in Palatine, or call 847-686-3962.