Work Injuries & Workers' Comp
A work injury can leave you with the pain healed enough to move but too weak and out of shape to do your job. Physical therapy, including work conditioning, rebuilds strength and endurance and helps you return to work with less risk of re-injury. Xcelerate Physical Therapy participates in Workers' Compensation and treats work injuries in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Common injuries from the job
- Back strains
- Lifting injuries
- Repetitive strain
- Slips and falls
If you were injured at work
Being injured at work is stressful, especially when a claim is involved. Xcelerate participates in Workers' Compensation, so workers comp physical therapy (workers compensation PT) starts with a call. Tell us about your claim, and see Insurance for how we handle coverage questions.
Details such as your claim number, adjuster contact and authorization steps vary, so call before your first visit and we will walk you through what to bring.
Work conditioning and return to work
Some patients meet the goals of physical therapy but cannot return to work because of deconditioning, being out of shape.
Work conditioning
Work conditioning programs often simulate the demands of a given job description. They typically consist of personalized, full-body, intensive training focused on activities like the physical demands of a particular category of employment.
What the program works on
Recovering strength, improving endurance, increasing flexibility and mobility, and improving cardiorespiratory fitness.
Work hardening
You may see work hardening used for similar programs. Ask us how ours is structured, because the details depend on your job.
Fewer repeat injuries once you are back
Re-injury prevention
Personalized interventions decrease the odds of re-injury when you return to work, including lifting and body mechanics for your tasks.
Questions from employers and case managers
If you are an employer or case manager, call and ask about functional capacity evaluation (FCE) or an ergonomic assessment. We will tell you what we can provide.
Injuries by body part
Many work injuries are covered in more detail on their own pages: back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, elbow pain and carpal tunnel. To learn more about our work conditioning program, give us a call.
Work injury care in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Xcelerate Physical Therapy treats work injury at our Newtown Square clinic, 214 S. Newtown Street Road. We participate in Workers' Compensation.
In Pennsylvania you can see a physical therapist without a physician’s referral, but your insurance may require one: call the number on your insurance card to check, or call us before your first visit.
Meet the people who treat you on our team page.