Many people who require physical therapy are victims of an accident or a stroke. For them, functional physical therapy is designed to improve a broad range “lifestyle” capabilities. When it comes to injured workers, though, functional physical therapy goals must be job-related. The overall goal is returning to work.

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The hospitality industry is a prime candidate to implement ergonomic solutions. Workers in restaurants and lodging facilities perform many types of jobs. Many of these jobs are very physical. Dishwashers, servers, bartenders and luggage handlers are all at risk of on-the-job injuries.

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On-the-job injuries happen. Everyone’s goal is getting your worker back to pre-injury status – and back to work – as soon as possible. But physical therapy goals may not seem reasonable. In that case your injured worker may not take them seriously. Why bother, if results appear unattainable? To be reasonable, functional physical therapy goals must be custom-tailored to each employee.

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Ergonomic solutions are not one-size-fits-all. People come in different sizes and shapes. Proper ergonomics for one person may not fit someone else. Effective ergonomic solutions in healthcare will be very different from solutions in an industrial setting. So what is “essential” depends on your industry, workplace environment and specific jobs your employees perform.

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As your company’s workers’ comp pro, you know your annual premiums are “confirmed” by a year-end audit. You can’t avoid this audit, but you can be well-prepared for it. Preparation is the key to a workers’ compensation audit that goes smoothly and produces desirable results. Lack of preparation can bring disastrous results, in the form of higher premiums.

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Is it possible that post-offer employment testing (POET) could make our highways safer? We recently read an article that made a good case for pre-employment testing of commercial truck drivers. The article suggested that routinely testing candidates can uncover serious, relevant medical conditions that may limit his or her ability to perform the essential functions of their job. And that may help avoid catastrophic highway accidents.

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For more than 10 years, we've been hearing how hard it is to get decent benchmark and trend data on physical therapy performance statistics. And what data we can find, doesn't answer our needs.

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Every job requires some amount of movement. But certain jobs are much more challenging than others. Ergonomic evaluation defines the physical movements needed to perform any given job. More importantly, these evaluations can be used to determine if any of these movements are unsafe or can potentially lead to a work-related injury.

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