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Work Injuries The changing face of work injury treatments A work injury can impact your ability to earn a living, as well as your home life activities. Workplace injuries cost business hundreds of millions of dollars yearly in lost hours and productivity, workers compensation and healthcare costs, replacement costs and legal costs. To reduce these liabilities, injured workers should begin treatment as soon as possible with accurate, cost effective, leading edge pain intervention from a medical professional who is motivated to help. The major difference in the treatment of workplace injuries today, compared to the practices of just 10 years ago, is a more aggressive approach to patient motivation and treatment and the decreased amount of time an injury and patient needs to be immobilized. In the past, patients were simply sent home for an extended period of bed rest. Today, treatment beings immediately after a workplace injury, preferably the same day within 24 hours immediate pain intervention reduces recovery time. Shorter recuperation time has the added benefit of reducing medical insurance costs for the employer. By returning the patient to work faster, we can also reduce the paperwork and production losses associated with hiring and training part time replacements while an employee is out of work. The power of board certified medical care At the Kozmary Center for Pain Management, we deal with all types of work related injuries every day. Our medical and support staff works closely with case managers, employer and insurance adjustors to streamline the process. Our physician led team works together to speed patient recovery and get patients back to work. A thorough, unhurried evaluation results in more accurate diagnosis and a comprehensive treatment plan. We approach each case according to individuals working health needs, and then determine the most efficient, cost effective course of treatment. Immediate effective pain intervention reduces pain and helps restore the patient’s ability to work and live comfortably. Timely progress reports are sent to the patients primary care physician and case manager, usually the same day the patient comes in to see us. As an integral part of pain management treatment, the patient may be referred to an experienced physical therapist or occupational therapist to begin a stretching and muscle strengthening program. A work conditioning and hardening program using progressively more resistance while protecting the injured are for more rapid healing may be recommended. For board certified work injury care, call the Kozmary Center for Pain Management today and discover the power of K.
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