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Sheltering Arms' Industrial Rehabilitation program helps individuals recover from workplace injuries and avoid on-the-job hazards. Our return to work plan takes into account job requirements, specific injuries and individual needs. Our therapists facilitate physical recovery, improve strength and conditioning, teach safe body mechanics and adaptations, determine the individual's safe maximum abilities and make recommendations to facilitate a successful return to work.

Industrial Rehabilitation services include:

Functional Capacity Evaluation

• Objective & comprehensive testing of current functional abilities and limitations
  (Based on the Roy Matheson System)
• Clear, work-relevant statements regarding ability to return to work and any necessary limitations

Impairment Rating Estimate

• Provides a measure of impairment based on severity of injury
• Utilizes AMA 5th & 6th Edition Guidelines

Functional Capacity Evaluations & Impairment Rating Estimates

• Typically scheduled within one week
• Results hand delivered to the referring doctor and faxed to case manager within 3 business days

Pre-employment Screening

• Physical testing to determine the suitability of an individual for a job
• Measures the physical ability of an applicant to perform a particular task or the strength of specific muscle groups

Work Hardening/Back to Work Program

• To improve clients functional tolerance to highest possible level with goal of return to work without restrictions
• Increase activity level to get patient stronger and increase ability to move
• Patient specific work tasks monitored by a Physical Therapist
• Typically a four week program of full days from
• 7:30-3:00pm or six weeks of half days from 7:30-11:30am

Work Hardening vs. Work Conditioning

• Higher Level
• Full day (7:30-3:00 Monday-Friday)
• Individual goal oriented program based on available job description to focus on specific work tasks before returning to work

• Based on "Industrial Athlete" model
• 2-4 weeks of half days or less (2-4 hours)
• The goal is to allow client to "build up" their physical conditioning and work on improving job specific tasks while still allowing client to work

CALL 804-764-1001 and
ask for Industrial Rehab Services today!