Traditional programs may offer services to help return you to work, but our approach offers total lifestyle care to maximize performance and prevent injuries. Our team can provide assessment, recovery, and conditioning programs for work injury and industrial rehabilitation.

Functional Capacity Evaluations

Our physical therapists are trained to perform functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) to assist employers, physicians, or insurance companies in determining an individual’s functional abilities and limitations in a safe environment while focusing on productive work tasks.

The service we provide is a valuable tool in assessing an employee’s safe working abilities and establishing baseline abilities for disability evaluations. Our FCE correlates an employee’s functional abilities to the essential physical demands of their job to determine whether they meet these physical requirements.

Consistency of effort and reliability of pain ratings are important elements of our evaluation. Over 70 separate criteria throughout the FCE help determine if an employee is putting forth consistent effort and whether their subjective pain ratings are reliable.

Additionally, the FCE testing method we use has consistently stood up in court with reliability and validity research to support the testing approach.

What’s Included in an FCE

An FCE consists of a detailed physical exam that includes:

• Variety of functional capacity tests for employee recoveries
• Strength, range of motion, and sensory-motor testing
• Review of pertinent medical history
• Evaluation of endurance for specific work tasks
• Additional assessments as needed

FCE Results and Applications

FCE for workers’ compensation are common, and the exam results are communicated to both the physician and employer for consideration of the employee’s work responsibilities and to determine the best prognosis with recommendations for additional services if needed.

An FCE is also beneficial to attorneys, case managers, and vocational consultants by offering information for rulings on claims in short-term and long-term disability and other disputes.

Industrial Rehabilitation Services

Industrial rehabilitation encompasses a variety of work-focused therapy services with the goal of improving a person’s level of function and safety as it pertains to performing their job.

Our comprehensive industrial rehabilitation program includes:

• Functional capacity evaluation
• Pre-employment physical ability testing
• Ergonomic evaluations
• Job analysis
• Work conditioning and hardening programs
• Work safety training programs

Pre-Employment Testing

We offer Industrial Physical Capability Services (IPCS), including isokinetic testing, to assess an individual’s physical capabilities in relation to job demands. This system is used to measure and correlate strength with risk, helping employers determine if a candidate has the necessary strength to perform essential job duties. The testing can also be used to evaluate individuals after they have been injured or to assess their ability to return to work.