Work-Related Injuries & Worksense®
At OSTS, we can help injured employees overcome a workplace injury and get back to work. Learn more below >>
Are you an injured worker?
If you’ve been injured on the job, you need relief from the pain and/or immobility of the injury itself. But you also need to get back to work, because it’s your livelihood. We have developed a staged system of treatment that returns you to work at the right time to ensure your success and safety.
At OSTS, our dedicated physical and occupational therapists combine proven hands-on therapies, exercise, patient education and home programs to get you back to work safely... and in as little time as possible.
Our therapists work with you individually to specifically target the tasks you need to perform at work. We will test your physical abilities and match them to the demands of your work tasks, which is vital to ensuring a safe return to your job. And we “stage” your return to work, helping you get back in stages, increasing your tasks as your ability to perform them improves. We will also educate you about how to prevent future injury by showing you how to position and move your body more safely when performing your job.
The help you need for Workers’ Compensation
If your injury is covered by Workers’ Compensation, we make sure your care is handled properly. We work with your case manager and physician and file all the necessary paperwork. We also make sure everyone involved understands exactly where you are in your recovery, what you can and can’t do and when you’re truly ready to return to work.
For more information about how we can help you overcome a work-related injury and get back to work, call OSTS today. We have two locations to serve you: Rochester, New Hampshire, (603) 330-3337 or Somersworth, NH, (603) 692-6626. You can also use our Online Appointment Request Form.
Be sure to visit our interactive patient education library to learn more about workers' compensation therapy and rehabilitation.
Are you a case manager interested in our work injury services?
OSTS provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art occupational injury services for all types of work injuries. The services we offer are designed to address the needs of all parties involved in a Workers’ Compensation injury – physicians, health care providers, case managers, employers and injured workers.
The success of returning an injured employee to work hinges directly on early intervention and the type of care administered. Not only is it important to treat an injured worker at the earliest stage of an injury, but treatment must identify job demands and barriers affecting return to work. Identifying an employee’s work capacity at different stages of an injury is critical to returning someone to full or modified duty. Addressing jobsite issues through worksite evaluations has a direct effect on job satisfaction and facilitating return to work.
Our Approach: WORKSENSE®
Our comprehensive state-of-the-art WORKSENSE program includes:
- Acute care injury rehabilitation with treatment planning for return to work
- Employee work capacity test (EWCT): Evaluates and matches an employee’s physical abilities with their job demands for a safe return to work at full or modified duty
- Work conditioning: Achieving progressive goals by simulating the physical demands of the job
- One-day FCE: A functional capacity evaluation that is designed to identify an employee’s abilities to find a job match for return to work
- Two-day FCE: A more comprehensive test needed for complicated medical cases that involve medical-legal issues, disability ratings or a long history of injuries. This six-hour test is performed over the course of two days.
- Work risk analysis: Performing onsite risk injury assessments to identify return-to-work barriers and recommending achievable modifications
- Worksite programs to train workers, supervisors and onsite occupational health staff about injury prevention and job-specific issues
Innovative stay-at-work programs
For more information about our work injury services and WORKSENSE program, call OSTS today and ask to speak to our Director of Treatment. We have two locations: Rochester, New Hampshire, (603) 330-3337 or Somersworth, NH, (603) 692-6626.