How conditioned is your body for the day-to-day tasks you do at your job? It may seem strange to think about, but many of the injuries that people sustain at work could have been avoided with some simple work conditioning treatments. Work conditioning typically occurs after an injury has been sustained and it consists of several targeted movements and exercises to help an injured employee recover. If you are in Cherry Hill or any place in Merchantville, Sewell or Delran, NJ, make an appointment today to find out how work conditioning can benefit you!
What Is Work Conditioning?
Work conditioning is a program that patients can participate in only after their acute or chronic injuries have been managed. They will receive traditional rehabilitation treatments for their injury as deemed appropriate by one of our Merchantville, Sewell or Delran, NJ physical therapists. Once the rehabilitation is complete and the injury is healed, work conditioning can begin. It is considered one of the final steps of the rehabilitation process to prepare someone to return to work.
Before you begin your work conditioning program, you and your physical therapist will discuss realistic and functional return-to-work goals that you’d like to achieve within a certain time frame. Your physical therapist will make sure that you are pain-free, as well as restriction-free in your range of motion before creating a work conditioning plan to fit your needs.
Work conditioning is always condition-specific, as it is targeted toward the physically demanding duties of your job. For example, if you work in carpentry and you recently recovered from a shoulder injury that occurred on the job, you may be asked to perform certain tasks such as hammering above your head or lifting weights for a designated amount of time, in order to strengthen the shoulder and condition your body for the work you will have to do once you return.
The main idea of work conditioning is to regain function and increase strength, in order to return to work in a timely manner and prevent any additional injuries from occurring again.
How Will Work Conditioning Benefit Me?
Patients that suffer from work-related injuries may meet the treatment goals of physical therapy but cannot return to work due to deconditioning (being out of shape).
Work conditioning programs, which often simulate the demands of a given job description, are designed to help patients with the following:
- Recover their strength
- Improve endurance
- Increase flexibility & mobility
- Improve cardiorespiratory fitness
- Personalized interventions are also provided to decrease the odds of re-injury upon return to work
Typically, these programs consist of personalized, full-body, intensive training with a focus on the activities that are similar to the physical demands required by a particular category of employment.
Contact TheraSport Physical Therapy Today!
Many people report feeling significantly more physically capable after completing a work conditioning program. It helps you work more efficiently and comfortably at work, while simultaneously putting your mind at ease knowing you are at a lower risk of sustaining another injury.
Our Merchantville, Sewell and Delran, NJ physical therapy practice is dedicated to getting you back to work in the best possible condition. If you have recently recovered from an injury and you’d like to figure out how a work conditioning program could improve both your work life and your overall health, contact TheraSport Physical Therapy today to schedule your appointment.
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