Work Conditioning

Injured workers benefit from physical therapist services from the onset of injury through their return to work.  Many patients who receive appropriate early care return to their job without additional rehabilitation services. For those who are not able to return to work because of unresolved physical problems following acute care, the treatment focus changes to restoration of work-related function—a process called work conditioning.

Work conditioning addresses the physical issues of flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, and work-related function for the global outcome of return to work. The length of the program can range from two to six weeks.