Return To Work

Injury prevention, assessment, management, treatment and rehabilitation are main areas in which Industrial Athletic Trainers are uniquely trained. Risk Management and Injury Prevention training allows IATs to develop and implement comprehensive emergency action plans. They also identify unsafe site or environmental conditions and monitor and provide the proper interventions.  

When an injury does occur, IATs are there to provide on-site immediate assessments as well as immediate access to a TOSM physician.  We can then provide the best and most efficient injury management protocol.  These professionals then work with the employee on a daily basis to help maximize the healing potential.  Many work-related injuries require more aggressive and advanced rehabilitation.  IATs are prepared to design and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs that are job specific and age appropriate.  They are trained in the bio-mechanics of sport and with the input of our physicians will design rehabilitation programs that include the functional activities needed to return to work.  They take into consideration not only the physical, but also the mental and emotional preparation of the injured worker.  

A complete, safe and permanent return to work after an injury has resolved, requires specialized physical reconditioning that can take place during the rehabilitation process.  Sports medicine clinics, corporate wellness and industrial fitness facilities are employing IATs because of their expertise in biomechanics, injury prevention and rehabilitation.  They work with their patients and employees to help get them back to work and play quickly and safely.