Treatment For Work Related Injuries
A workplace injury can happen in an instant, and it can throw your whole life off balance. Work injuries affect people across nearly every industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 2.8 million workers in private industry alone suffered a workplace injury or illness in 2019. The vast majority of those injuries qualify for workers’ compensation coverage. If you think you’ve been hurt on the job, the smartest first step is to see a work injury doctor.
Work Injuries Happen in Every Kind of Workplace
Job-related injuries aren’t limited to dangerous trades—they reach into offices, hospitals, warehouses, and storefronts alike. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the five private-sector industries with the most reported injuries in 2019 were:
- Healthcare and Social Assistance — including LPNs, RNs, nursing assistants, hospital staff, residential-care and ambulatory-care workers, social workers, and other social-assistance employees
- Retail Trade
- Transportation and Warehousing
- Construction
- Wholesale Trade
No matter what field you work in, an on-the-job injury is worth taking seriously.
Work Injuries Come in Many Forms
The ways people get hurt at work are almost as varied as the jobs themselves. The National Safety Council identifies several of the most common injury types across the workforce:
- Contact with an object — anything from a minor bump to a forceful collision.
- Overexertion — strain from lifting, lowering, pushing, or carrying
- Slips, trips, and falls
- Repetitive motion — caused by everything from operating heavy machinery to long hours of typing
- Being caught in or between — getting pinned by a door, equipment, or moving parts
If any of these sound familiar, don’t wait to get evaluated.
Start Treatment Right Away With a Work Injury Doctor
When you’re hurt at work, the timing of your care matters. Over more than 30 years of practice, we’ve consistently seen that patients who recover best are those who begin treatment as soon as possible after injury.
You don’t need to wait for your employer to finalize the paperwork before you start getting care. In New York State, workers’ compensation guarantees medical treatment for injured workers. Your employer may take time to file the report, but their workers’ compensation insurance is what covers the cost of your care.
Consider Chiropractic and Physical Therapy First
With so many possible injuries, the source of your pain isn’t always obvious. Say you slip and fall and your lower back starts to ache. Is it from the impact itself, a misalignment in your spine, or an injured disc? As a combined chiropractic and physical therapy practice, we evaluate you from head to toe to pinpoint what’s actually going on.
We have deep respect for specialists and often refer patients to them. But specialists generally do their best work after conservative care, such as chiropractic and physical therapy, and after imaging, such as an MRI. They rely on how you respond to treatment and on those test results to assess your injuries. So if you do end up needing a specialist, starting with conservative care first sets them up to help you more effectively.
Why Patients Choose Us as Their Workers’ Comp Doctors
Most of the people we treat have never been injured at work before. They’re in pain and anxious—wondering whether they’ll be able to get around, hold down their job, keep up with school, or care for their families. We get it. Our job as work injury doctors is to take the stress off your plate so you can focus on one thing: getting better. Here’s why patients come to us and stay with us.
We Put Our Patients First
At your very first visit, we tell you honestly what we think and—if we believe we can help—we begin treatment right away. We don’t make you wait on insurance details before we start caring for you. We also know an injury ripples out into your work and your family, so we work hard to help you understand what you can and can’t safely do, so you can keep living your life while you heal.
We’re Very Experienced In Treating Workers’ Comp Injury Patients
We’ve practiced as chiropractors and physical therapists for over 30 years and have treated a wide range of work-related injuries. We’d never claim to have seen it all, but we’ve seen a great deal.
We Support Patients Who Need To Take Time Off Or Continue To Work
Your treatment is covered whether or not you keep working. Some patients are able to stay on the job during care; others need time away. If you can work, we’ll help you do it safely. If you need time off, we’ll provide the required documentation to protect your position and ensure your lost time is covered.
Plenty of our patients keep working throughout their treatment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that across industries, somewhere between 55% (transportation and warehousing) and 74% (healthcare and social services) of injured workers took no days off at all. You can absolutely receive workers’ compensation care while continuing to work.
We Understand Insurance For Work Related Injuries
Seeing a work-injury doctor involves paperwork, and insurers expect thorough documentation. We handle every bit of it—you don’t have to lift a finger. We know exactly what the insurance companies require and what all the jargon means, so your claim moves forward smoothly while you focus on recovery.
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 an injury, driving isn’t always possible. We offer transportation assistance to eligible patients—call our office to find out whether you qualify.
Our Treatment Process As Work Injury Doctors
If you’ve chosen us as your workers’ comp doctors, all you have to do is call and book your first appointment. We handle everything from there. This may be brand new territory for you, and that’s okay—we do this every day. Here’s what to expect.
Thorough Examination And Treatment
We examine you from head to toe to find the root cause of your pain, not just the symptoms. From there, we build a treatment plan designed around your specific injury, which may include chiropractic care, physical therapy, or a combination of both.
Refer You To Specialists When Needed
If your injury falls outside our scope of treatment, we’ll connect you with the right expert. We maintain a well-established network of trusted specialists, including orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, pain management physicians, and radiologists.
Schedule an Appointment With Us
Whether you were hurt in a car accident, injured on the job, tweaked something at your weekend softball game, or simply felt a sharp twinge picking something up, the team at Diaspo Chiropractic & Physical Therapy is here to help you recover.