FIT Rehab Work Related Activty (WRA) Treatment and Work Conditioning

The Fit Rehab team want to make the process of return to work easy. Our  experienced staff use evidence based treatments to help people return to work safely and for it to be sustainable.  Our passion is to help people achieve real results.

FIT Rehab Work related activity treatment programs reflect the physical requirements needed for normal duties and the functional needs of the individual.  We make it specific to each and every injured worker.  Our goal is always to ensure that the confidence that is lost following an injury is restored and that the return to work as well as the daily requirements of your life is achieved as smoothly and safely as possible.
  
We can assess the worker and tailor an individualized evidence based treatment program that will address their specific physical and psychosocial barriers and focus on achieving their return to work goals.

When can  FIT Rehab Work Related Activity Treatment help?

A FIT Rehab assessment will be used to identify realistic achievable goals that are specific to each injured worker.  This can depend on the nature and duration of the injury, return to work situation and psychosocial barriers involved.

Once an assessment is completed an individualized treatment will be prescribed to address their specific barriers to return to work and function.
Acute, symptomatic treatment is no longer giving you functional improvement.

A FIT Rehab program can help you when:
  • Acute treatment has plateued and functional gains are no longer occurring.
  • The early (acute and sub-acute) phase (usually 4-6 weeks) of treatment has been well managed and a progression to a complete functional program is required.
  • Pre-injury duties involve significant physical demands.  This may include work tasks such as frequent and heavy lifting, awkward manual handling, repetitive upper limb use, unpredictable nature of pre-injury duties.
  • There are indications of psychoscial barriers limiting progress.
  • The worker requires a high level of supervision, education.
  • Progression following surgery requiring complete functional rehabilitation.

What will a FIT Rehab work related activity assessment include?

Each assessment is performed by a qualified exercise physiologist who will review the history of your injury and any other relevant injuries or illnesses and also a physical examination and functional assessment.  Some of the specific components include 
  1. Screening for psychosocial barriers.
  2. Specific history of the nature of your injury and what treatment has been provided to date.
  3. Background screening of other illnesses or physical injuries that may be limiting progress.
  4. The specific requirements of your normal job or your normal day to day needs.
  5. Physical assessment including muscle and movement testing.
  6. Functional assessment focusing on specific movements and actions relevant to your requirements.

What will a FIT Rehab work related activity treatment program include?

Each FIT Rehab program is tailored to you.  We will structure the components to ensure that we address the issues that are holding you back and facilitate recovery to ensure you have the best chance at achieving an independent and permanent return to your work and life.
  1. Functional strengthening and reconditioning.
  2. Core stability and scapulo-thoracic stability. 
  3. Manual handling and postural education.
  4. Functional work specific exercises to improve capacity with tasks directly transferable to day to day work tasks.
  5. Self management strategies including task rotation, stretches and mobility exercises.
  6. Physical activity upgrade treatments for patients with chronic pain, disability and impairment.
  7. Use of cognitive behavioural approach throughout to address psychosocial barriers.
  8. Use of specific strategies including active coping strategies, flare-up management and pacing.
  9. Communication and reporting to all parties.
  10. Case conferencing with the nominated treating doctor to ensure that upgrades in medical certification occur that best represent the injured workers capacity.
The success of each Fit Rehab program is driven by our understanding of the varying perspectives of patients, insurers, doctors and employers.  We pride ourselves on the value of regular communication with all parties to ensure early identification of barriers to recovery and achievement of a coordinated outcome focused approach to each workers rehabilitation.  

Our programs are designed to deliver specific functional and work related outcomes in alignment with WorkCover NSW document published in May 2008 "Improving Outcomes: Integrated active management of workers with soft tissue injury".  

Our results speak for themselves.  Our programs achieve an upgrade in medical certification 91% of the time. 

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