Delayed Recovery Prevention
A Rehabilitation Program for Delayed Recovery Patients in the Workers’ Compensation System
Does this sound familiar to you? Workers’ Compensation claimants who:
- Remain in treatment and just can’t seem to recover despite appropriate medical care
- Are not back to work as long as six months after a non-complex injury
- Seem to “fall through the cracks” between readily identifiable diagnoses
- May be symptom magnifying
- Are fearful of returning to work
- Have secondary gain issues
- Maintain unrealistic expectations of recovery
They are stuck in the system, and as such present problems for employers and for insurance carriers. Aggressive, short term medical rehabilitative intervention can help return these patients to productive work and personal lives, and can help close these cases. Our Delayed Recovery Prevention program is designed to do just that.
Services Included
Included in the program are the following:
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation evaluation and on-going care
- Endurance building
- Exercise
- Patient education and support
- Job Seeking skills training
- Problem solving around work and ADL issues
- Adjustment counseling
- Family counseling
- Desensitization and biofeedback
- Work site evaluation
- Job simulation
- Vocational preparedness activities
After a screening process, typical program duration is approximately 2-3 weeks