If you sustain an injury on the job that prevents you from working for an extended period of time, it can often put you in a difficult place. Not being able to work is difficult enough, but if the injury is severe, it may also prevent you from doing lots of other daily activities. This can lead to anxiety and a sense of defeat from the disability, and for many, the only solution is to get back on the saddle and return to work soon.

At CAM Physical Therapy and Wellness Services, we completely understand how frustrating the time away from work can be and that the longer the worker is away from their job, the more difficult it can be for them to return. That’s why we offer a variety of services that are intended to help injured workers get back to their jobs as quickly and safely as possible.

Our programs for injury treatment in Hyattsville, Laurel, Glenn Dale/Bowie and Parkville/Baltimore, MD are customized to each patient and based on helping them get back to the same levels of physical capacity and activity as before the injury. We also introduce ways to help prevent a re-injury of any sort in the future, so that each patient can continue to work without further interference.

Depending on the type and severity of the injury, whether worker’s compensation is involved, your insurance and a number of other factors, we’ll decide on a program that may include some specific components. When it comes to helping a patient return to work, here are some of the services that may be involved:

• Standard physical therapy: there will be a physical therapy component of every program we offer, and we will create a tailored treatment plan for you based on your injury, occupation and goals; this will include both an in-office regimen and a home-exercise program, which is essential to a speedy recovery
• Work hardening and work conditioning: both of these programs focus on work simulation activities with the intention of retraining the patient to perform them on the job; though similar in nature, work hardening is a more aggressive program than work conditioning
• Functional capacity evaluations: these are comprehensive evaluations that objectively measure strength, endurance, physical abilities, work level and tolerance to determine if a patient is ready to return to work or not
• Ergonomic assessments: ergonomics has to do with making sure that your work environment is free of hazards that can lead to injury; we can provide an assessment at your work or home environment to further reduce your chances of a re-injury or a new injury

No one wants to be away from his or her job for a while due to an injury. Let us help you not only return to work as quickly and safely as possible, but reduce your chances of getting injured again. Contact CAM Physical Therapy and Wellness Services for more information or to schedule an appointment for injury treatment in Hyattsville, Laurel, Glenn Dale/Bowie or Parkville/Baltimore, MD at 301-853-009