Treatment For Work Related Injuries

Work-related injuries Impact Workers In Many Industries. According To The Bureau Of Labor Statistics’ report, 2.8 Million Workers In 2019, Just In Private Industry, Experienced A Workplace Injury Or Illness. Most Of These Injuries Qualify For Treatment Through Workers’ Compensation. If You Believe You’ve Been Hurt At Work, You Should Consult With A Work Injury Doctor.

Work Related Injuries Impact People In Many Industries

Work-related injuries impact workers in a wide range of industries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report, the top 5 sectors in private sector in 2019 were:

Healthcare and Social Assistance (LPNs, RNs, Nurse Assistants, other hospital workers, people who work in residential homes, ambulatory care centers, social workers and other social assistance workers)
Retail Trade
Transportation and Warehousing
Construction
Wholesale Trade

There are Many Types of Work-Related Injuries

The types of injuries that happen to workers run the gamut. According to The National Safety Council, the more common types of injuries many kinds of workers experience include:

Contact with an object – bumping into it lightly or colliding with it.
Overexerting yourself – straining your body in some way when you lift something or put it down.
Slips and falls
Repetitive motion – for many reasons ranging from working heavy machinery to typing
Caught in something – from a doorway to a piece of machinery

Start Treatment Right Away With A Work Injury Doctor

If you experience a work-related injury, we strongly recommend starting treatment immediately. In over 30 years of practice, we have repeatedly found that the patients who do the best are the ones who start treatment as soon as possible after their injury occurs.

You can start treatment before your employer sorts out all of the details of your situation. In New York State, workers’ compensation guarantees medical care to injured people. While your employer might take some time to report your injury, their workers’ compensation insurance will cover these costs.

Consider Chiropractic And Physical Therapy First

With so many types of work-related injuries, it’s not always clear what’s wrong when you’re injured. You might slip and fall, and now your lower back hurts. The pain in your lower back might be because you hit your back when you lost or because the fall caused a misalignment in your spine or injury to your discs. As a chiropractic and physical therapy practice, we examine you head to toe to find out what’s going on.

Specialists are precious. We respect specialists and often refer patients to them. However, specialists are most appropriate after conservative care, like chiropractic and physical therapy, and imaging, such as MRI. Specialists will use your response to treatment and the results of these tests to assess your injuries. If you end up needing a specialist, they can do a better job if you’ve started with conservative treatments.

Why Patients Choose Us As Their Workers’ Comp Doctors

Many patients we see haven’t been injured at work before. They’re in pain and worried if they’ll be able to get around, go to work, go to school, or take care of their families. We understand that and work hard as work injury doctors to make this experience easy for you so you can focus on getting treatment and getting better. Here are some reasons why patients choose us and stay with us.

We Put Our Patients First

When you come in for your first appointment, we tell you what we think and go to work immediately if we believe we can help you. We don’t make you wait until you figure out all the insurance details to start treating you. We also understand that an injury can trickle down to your family and your job and impact your life. We work very hard to help you know what you can and can’t do so you can live your life while you’re getting treated.

We’re Very Experienced In Treating Workers’ Comp Injury Patients

We’ve been in practice for over 30 years as chiropractors and physical therapists. We’ve treated many types of work-related injuries. We’ll never say we’ve seen it all, but we’ve seen a lot.

We Support Patients Who Need To Take Time Off Or Continue To Work

If you are injured at work, your treatment is covered, whether you continue to work or not. Some patients can continue to work as we treat them, and others must take time off. If you can work, we will help you do so. If you need to take time off, we will provide the required documentation so your job is secure and your lost time is covered.

Many of our patients continue to work while under our care. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report, anywhere from 55% (transportation and warehousing workers) to 74% (healthcare and social services workers) kept working and didn’t take any days off. You can receive treatment under workers’ compensation while you are working.

Insurance companies require documentation for patients seeing a work injury doctor. We handle all of it—you don’t have to touch any of it. We know what the insurance companies need and what the insurance jargon means. With our experience, your insurance claim will be processed, and you won’t have to worry about it.

We Work Well With Employers And Attorneys

If you hire one, your employer or your attorney will probably need to communicate with us. Your attorney will need regular updates from us, and your employer will need to know about your work limitations. We’ve worked with employers and attorneys on worker-related injury cases for decades. They respect us because we know what they need, and we get it right the first time.

We Can Get You To Our Office

After your injury, you might not be able to drive. We offer transportation assistance to eligible patients. Please call our office to see if you qualify.

Our Treatment Process As Work Injury Doctors

If you’ve come to us to be your workers’ comp doctors, all you’ll need to do is call and schedule your first appointment. We take it from there. This might be your first experience. You don’t know what to expect. We do. Here’s what we’ll do.

Thorough Examination And Treatment

We examine you from head to toe and identify the root causes of your pain. Once we’ve identified them, we create a treatment plan tailored to you. Your treatment plan may include chiropractic, physical therapy, or both.

Refer You To Specialists When Needed

If you have injuries we can’t treat or don’t treat. We have a well-established network of specialists to whom we can refer you. These include orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, and radiologists.