Program Providers
California
PACIFIC PHYSICAL THERAPY is owned by Mike Seger, PT. Mike is a 1976 graduate of the University of Iowa Physical Therapy program. He has completed extensive post graduate training in ergonomics, injury prevention and rehabilitation of work related injuries. Pacific Physical Therapy has been conducting customized injury prevention programs for the San Francisco Bay area since 1987. Services provided include Ergonomic Work Risk Analysis, Back Injury Prevention Training, Neck-Arm CTD Prevention Training, Ergonomic Team Training, and a specialized class called the Sit-Smart Program focused on the ergonomic parameters of computer workstations.
Pacific Physical Therapy specializes in tailoring Injury Prevention Programs to the specified needs of client companies. Brief postural screenings, one on one lifting techniques, and a customized slide program of your employees in their work environment, are incorporated to facilitate a participatory and more customized injury prevention program. A portable electromyograph is used to provide audible biofeedback of key muscles during lifting tasks. Plastic models of the spine and arm are used to demonstrate anatomy and spinal mechanics. Specific stretching exercises, applicable to the work setting, are demonstrated and practiced.
Programs stress employee education and behavioral modification to make each worker an expert in avoiding injury. Emphasis is focused on teaching techniques to work more efficiently, thus preventing fatigue which can lead to injury.
PACIFIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
Mike Seger, PT
1260 N. Dutton Ave. #220
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Phone (707)577-0571
WORKSITE is a division of INJURY RECOVERY CENTER, INC. and is owned by Michael Koerner, PT, and John Hubbard, PT. WORKSITE utilizes physical therapists, occupational therapists and a certified ergonomist to provide ergonomic work risk analysis, back injury prevention training and ergonomic team training for industry in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. WORKSITE provides injury prevention ideas, management and training to a wide variety of employers and industrial settings.
INJURY RECOVERY CENTER has locations in the Orange County areas of Brea and Santa Ana. The clinics specialize in Workers' Compensation injury rehabilitation, utilizing physical therapy, occupational therapy, and work hardening programs. The emphasis on the rehabilitation program is on functional retraining of the injured worker to increase the ability to perform critical job demands required within his/her job description guidelines. Personalized ergonomic training, biomechanical training, postural intervention and specific measurable functional gains which include computerized testing is provided to all injured workers. INJURY RECOVERY CENTER's philosophy is to provide a highly energized and motivated environment, along with proper functional equipment to achieve maximum results and information for the injured worker. The use of progress reports to document increased function, endurance and abilities to meet the critical job demands are provided to the doctor, employer and insurance companies.
The INJURY RECOVERY CENTER also has designed a new aggressive rehabilitation program for repetitive strain injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers. The program has achieved great success in ending the need for carpal tunnel surgery to many workers. Many of the participants are already scheduled for carpal tunnel surgery prior to the program and upon completion of the program have avoided the need for surgical intervention. The workers suffering from repetitive strain injuries involving carpal tunnel syndrome have shown a significant improvement in function, reduced symptoms and objective measurable improvements in the nerve conduction studies affecting the median nerve, which is involved in the carpal tunnel syndrome. One worker who was scheduled for surgical intervention on a Thursday, but had begun the program two days earlier, on a Tuesday, was able to cancel his surgery. Another patient had surgery scheduled and had begun the program as a last effort to avoid surgery. Following the program, she had nerve conduction velocity testing, which registered below clinical carpal tunnel syndrome and she avoided the surgery altogether.
Each injured worker that avoids surgery saves the employer approximately $25,000.00 in medical and rehabilitation bills, along with approximately $100,000.00 in associated hidden costs, such as Workers' Compensation premium, lost time off the job, decreased productivity, etc.
The program consists of ergonomic analysis and changes performed at the work site, exploration into daily activities and hobbies, and postural retraining and stretching exercises. Customized splinting may be required in individualized cases. Neuromuscular therapy provides specific tissue mobilization within the cervical and arm areas. Proper modification and rest areas allow the worker to return to full duty on a safe basis. Employers or individuals who are experiencing difficulty and want more information regarding WORKSITE's Injury Prevention Program or INJURY RECOVERY CENTER, INC. Rehabilitation Program and prevention of repetitive strain injury, please contact the INJURY RECOVERY CENTER, INC. at:
WORKSITE / INJURY RECOVERY CENTER, INC.
Michael Koerner, PT
600 S. Grand # 107
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone (714)558-3977
471 W. Lambert # 106
Brea, CA 92621
Phone (714)255-8877
Work Wise is a team of medical professionals specifically trained in Ergonomics and Work Risk Analysis. We work with employees and management. The primary goal is injury cost reduction by teaching the employee to view themselves as industrial athletes. Our training emphasizes musculo-skeletal movement, posture, and human biomechanics. Strengthening the industrial athlete improves work tolerance, prevents tissue damage, decreases wear of already damaged tissues, and minimizes CTD (Cumulative Trauma Disorder). By approaching worker behaviors, supervisor attitudes, management policies and employee relations we can, as a team, develop a safe working environment.
Work Wise uses the IMPACC Work Injury Prevention Training Program, an internationally recognized authority on work injury prevention. IMPACC programs have been used in over 350 workplaces throughout North America since 1983, showing a 40%-90% reduction in lost work days. IMPACC USA's program complies with OSHA Ergonomic Guideline #3123.
Work Wise:
The Work Wise philosophy is not of workplace re-design only, but one which emphasizes increasing employee strength and physiological tolerance. We use a wide variety of approaches to accomplish this, such as preventative stretching, posture relief tactics, sit-stand options, task rotation, alternative material handling techniques, and training the employee in personal work habits and self-care. These methods are proven just as effective, and far less costly than solely workplace re-design.
Ask yourself these questions:
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Work Wise can turn this around. See more profits, lower Workers' Compensation costs, and decrease injury claims.
Work Wise is owned and operated by Kristine Hintzman, B.S., P.T.A. Ms. Hintzman has over four years of experience as a specialist trained in musculo-skeletal function, musculo-skeletal diseases and injuries. She supplements this with seven years of corporate management experience.
Work Wise
P.O. Box 638
Palm Springs, CA 92263
Phone (760) 329-5715
Email WorkWise@aol.com
ERGONOMIC INNOVATIONS & WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS
Ergonomic Innovations and Workplace Solutions (EIWS) is owned by Richard Ferdinand, MS, PT, and Merilee Colle, MAOM, PT, who also owns Capitola Physical Therapy. Ferdinand and Colle combine over 40 years of physical therapy experience in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries of the neck, arm, and low back along with extensive training and experience in the areas of ergonomics and industrial rehabilitation.
EIWS is a provider of the IMPACC injury prevention system for the Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Monterey counties in California.
IMPACC Services include:
Work Risk Analysis
Other EIWS services:
Contact us for more information.
Ergonomic Innovations & Workplace Solutions
1200 H 41st Avenue, Suite H
Capitola, CA 95010
Phone: (831)475-1200 Fax: (831)475-0142
Website: www.ergoinnovations.com
Cumulative trauma injuries (CTI) cost employers $100 billion annually! These disorders are not only responsible for escalating worker's compensation losses in both time and money (the average CTI claim costs employers more than $12,000), they contribute to increased sick leave, decreased productivity and worker discomfort.
Workrite Consulting is a provider of the IMPACC injury prevention system for San Diego County. The unique philosophy of IMPACC regards injuries, cost and claims as separate issues each with their own risk factors and each with its own set of corrective actions.
The IMPACC injury prevention system includes:
Workrite Consulting is owned and operated by Joe Bailey, P.T. He has had 14 years of experience working with cumulative trauma injuries.
Workrite Consulting
Joe Bailey P.T.
3155 Ducommun Avenue
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone (858) 552-1061
Fax (858) 452-8294
Email: BaileyJoseph@yahoo.com
ERGONOMIC DIRECTIONS is a work injury claims prevention consulting company based in Folsom, California, a suburb of Sacramento. We specialize in reducing lost-time workdays, work injury claims, and the associated costs of worker's compensation injuries. We feature the IMPACC Work Injury Claims Prevention System, which addresses injuries, claims, and costs as three separate, but related issues. This unique approach to injury prevention has demonstrated a remarkable and consistent track record of reducing injuries, lost time days, claims and cost an average 70% within the year following implementation of this system. The effectiveness of these programs has saved our clients significant amounts of money from worker's compensation issues.
Our mission is to assure quality and value from our services while assisting employers with establishing safe and productive workplaces, and while empowering the workforce to return home safely each day without injury. We seek to develop lasting relationships with our clients in realizing the goals of preventing injuries and with saving money from the costs and claims associated with worker's compensation injuries.
More information, as well as some helpful ergonomic tips is available on our WebPages. Please utilize the link provided for direct access to our website. Thank you!!
JIM SZYMANSKI, RKT
ERGONOMIC DIRECTIONS
405 SEATON DRIVE
FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA 95630
jim@ergonomicdirections.com
PHONE (916) 355-8478
FAX (916) 608-0855
http://www.ergonomicdirections.com
Physiotherapy Associates was established in 1985 as a division
of Stryker Corporation. Stryker Corporation, as established leader
in orthopedic and medical instrumentation for more than 50 years,
developed Physiotherapy Associates to complement its family of
medical products and to continue the traditon of providing the
best in patient care by highly skilled licensed professionals,
in a cost conscious environment.
Located 55 miles north of San Francisco, Physiotherapy Associates of Sonoma County offices have been serving the community since 1979. We provide full clinical services and specialty programs in the major communities in Sonoma County as well as the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Specialty programs include: Wound Care, Women's Health, Sports Rehabilitation, Neurological Rehabilitation and Industrial Injury control, Education and Consultation.
Our approach to industrial care is a proactive and employee focused one. We have served major industrial leaders, the County of Sonoma, Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma State University and many smaller companies. We feel that safety is not a problem but an attitude that must be shared by both employer and employee alike.
Physiotherapy Associates can provide your company with programs such as: employee and management education, job hazard analysis, on-site physical therapy and injury prevention programs including job coaching, functional capacity evaluations, work conditioning and work hardening programs. We utilize outstanding programs such as IMPACC to enhance our already successful approach to industrial worker's health and team building.
We would welcome calls or written inquiries. We can be reached for questions or inquiries at:
Physiotherapy Associates
1331 Medical Center Drive
Suite A
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone (707)584-3433
Fax (707)584-4814
Email: ptsrgr8@wco.com
Healthwell Physical Therapy in San Francisco provides Ergonomic
Support Services to business throughout the Bay Area.
This leading edge facility emphasizes service to its customers, utilizing a nationally recognized teaching curriculum in conjunction with years of human movement treatment and analysis.
Healthwell does on-site re-training as well as provides treatment and care through it's Healthclub-based physical therapy facility.
Company capabilities include:
For additional information, please feel free to contact us.
Mindy S. Marantz
Director
1333 Gough Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone (415)921-1211
Fax (415)921-1229
Email: PTHealth@aol.com
Website: www.healthwellphysicaltherapy.com
Pringle Consulting was established in 1997 and draws on 10 years
of experience in work injury prevention from therapist Dave Pringle.
Since it's inception Pringle Consulting has provided the highest
quality in its wide range of injury prevention and return to work
services.
Pringle Consulting proudly provides the IMPACC injury prevention program as its premier comprehensive ergonomics program. This program not only includes ergonomics but also education, employee participation, and follow up implementation to ensure success. Pringle Consulting also provides work station evaluations, job analysis, post-offer screening exams, functional capacity testing and modified duty consultation.
Mr. Pringle has over 30 continuing education courses which include; study in ergonomics, post-offer screening, job analysis, the ADA, injury prevention and functional capacity testing. He is a certified ergonomic evaluator and holds multiple certifications in functional capacity testing.
Pringle Consulting
Dave Pringle, PT
2007A Opportunity Dr, STE 1
Roseville, CA 95678
Phone (916) 789-1979
Fax (916) 789-1254
Email: ptdave@inreach.com
Oakhurst Physical Therapy, Inc. offers professional one-on-one care from licensed physical therapists to help patients reach their ultimate potential. Conveniently located in Oakhurst and Fresno, both offices utilize state-of-the-art equipment, offer flexible scheduling, and accept Medicare, Workers Compensation, MVA, and most PPO insurance plans.
Owners, Tony McLean, PT and Lori McLean, PT are graduates of CSU-Fresno. With over 24 years of collective experience in various physical therapy settings including industrial injuries, sports medicine, geriatrics, and spine care, their "hands-on" treatment philosophy focuses on patient education and exercise to facilitate independence in the individual.
Oakhurst Physical Therapy, Inc. specializes in tailoring Injury Prevention Programs to the specified needs of client companies. Brief postural screenings, one on one lifting techniques, and a customized slide program of your employees in their work environment, are incorporated to facilitate a participatory and more customized injury prevention program. Plastic models of the spine and arm are used to demonstrate anatomy and spinal mechanics. Specific stretching exercises, applicable to the work setting, are demonstrated and practiced. Programs stress employee education and behavioral modification to make each worker an expert in avoiding injury. Emphasis is focused on teaching techniques to work more efficiently, thus preventing fatigue, which can lead to injury.
Oakhurst Physical Therapy
40282 Highway 41, Suite 6
Oakhurst, CA 93644
Phone (559) 683-0974
Fax (559) 683-0973
Fresno Physical Therapy
4021 N. Fresno Street, Suite 109
Fresno, CA 93726
Phone (559) 227-4440
Fax (559) 227-4443
Tony McLean, PT
Lori McLean, PT
INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING SPECIALISTS
Providing business and industry with programs based on those developed
by IMPACC USA, a national leader in ergonomics and workplace injury
prevention.
The Program:
With the Ergo-Team training completed, your special team made
up of supervisors, managers and employees (that you select) are
taught how to perform a Work Site/Risk Analysis and the implementation
of safety recommendations/changes. This allows your company the
independence and control to self-manage your safety and ergonomic
needs.
The Results:
INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING SPECIALISTS
Scott Trosper, MPT
P O Box 7727
Redlands, CA 92375
Phone (909) 799-0817