Work Conditioning Program
for Palo Alto, Fremont, Union City, and Newark
Target: Sub-acute upper and lower back injured patients with history of repeated back trauma
The intense work-conditioning program is three to four weeks in duration. It is aimed at persons who demonstrate deficits in physical testing that contribute to repeated injuries and whose current injury is stable. The purpose is to build the individual's physical capacity for functional return to specific or proposed employment. The focus is function and not pain. The program is progressively intense in expected effort and duration. The goal is to overcome residual physical dysfunction.
By the last week of the program the individual should be able to complete a full 8 hours of circuit conditioning on a parallel effort with work demands. Each week, in order to remain in the program the individual must be able to demonstrate measurable progress in overcoming his/her physical limitations to work. The program is monitored and supervised by physical therapists and exercise counselors. Full progress testing reports are included as a part of the program and are sent to the requesting and authorizing party.
Included in the program are the following components:
- Joint and soft tissue stretching in clinic and home
- Lifting-strength training
- Demonstrated and applied body mechanics training
- Work position training
- Cardiovascular endurance testing/training
- Work capacity testing/training
- Back to school training
