Physical Therapy Can Help Prevent Industrial Injuries
Do you work in construction or an industrial setting? Are you worried that an injury will take you out of commission and prevent you from doing your job? Physical therapy at Bridge Physical Therapy can help you prevent injuries before they overtake your life.
Our licensed experts have the tools to help you keep your body performing at its peak potential so you can handle the demands of an industrial job.
At Bridge Physical Therapy, our therapists can help you recover from an injury and learn preventative strategies to prevent future problems. Request an appointment today and know what you can do to prevent injuries and improve your overall health and performance!
Most common injuries a construction worker faces
Construction workers have demanding jobs that often involve a lot of lifting and carrying heavy materials, such as concrete forms and drywall, or working using heavy, vibrating tools like jackhammers or drills. It’s no surprise that they have a high rate of sprain and strain injuries.
There are obvious signs of significant injuries like bruising, swelling, deformity, and severe pain, but it can sometimes be confusing to tell if you are just a little sore or have injured yourself. Many injuries occur due to improper techniques or overexerting your body. Fortunately, physical therapists are trained in identifying and treating musculoskeletal injuries.
Besides sprains and strains, common injuries construction workers face include:
- Burns
- Eye injury, including vision impairment or blindness
- Broken bones
- Knee and ankle injury
- Neck, shoulder or back injury
- Spinal cord injury, including damage that can cause paraplegia or quadriplegia
- Illnesses caused by toxic chemical exposure
- Head injury and/or brain injury
Thankfully, there are steps you can take to avoid workplace injuries. Working with a physical therapist at Bridge Physical Therapy can equip you with the necessary tools to ensure you stay safe on the job.
How physical therapy can help you prevent workplace injuries
Your physical therapist will conduct a physical evaluation to determine the severity of your work-related injury. Your therapist can pinpoint precisely what is causing your pain through a thorough assessment. We will provide constant feedback and allow refinement of your program to ensure it provides optimal results.
In addition, your therapist will instruct you on the most effective injury prevention strategies, including:
- Sleep is the most effective strategy with the most significant effect on injury prevention and athletic enhancement. You should aim for 8-10 hours per night.
- Strength training is one of the most effective injury prevention strategies to help stay injury-free.
- Using good form with lifting. Learning how to identify the proper postures and body mechanics to protect yourself from injuries while performing your normal work activities is vital.
- Use the proper equipment. Ensure you have the right equipment, for example, work boots, helmets, and gloves. The right equipment can help you avoid injury and stay safe while doing the activities you need to do to get the job done.
- Nutrition is the foundation for good health and injury prevention. Specifically, a scientifically-backed approach that does not include any fad diets.
- Staying hydrated is essential for recovery and injury prevention.
Our work injury recovery and prevention programs
When you visit Bridge Physical Therapy, you’ll gain access to personalized treatment plans and Functional Capacity Evaluations or FCEs. FCEs are highly specialized services that implement extensive testing to determine a patient’s physical capabilities and limits.
Strength, endurance, postural tolerance, and everyday physical demands are all assessed using these tests. This type of testing is generally performed on hurt workers to identify the cause of injury and determine how future harm might be avoided.
Our clinic also offers work hardening and work conditioning programs. Work hardening aims to successfully return patients to their pre-injury job by getting them in working shape. This is done by repeating motions and movements related to your job in the safe environment of a physical therapy clinic.
Work conditioning involves performing a specific work task as part of the regular therapeutic treatment during the course of post-injury therapy. It is a means to ensure that you are safely easing yourself back into your everyday responsibilities after an injury and helps you regain strength in crucial areas.
Request an appointment today!
At Bridge Physical Therapy in South Ogden, UT or Ogden Athletic Club, our physical therapists treat construction and industrial workers. We will use proven strategies to resolve old injuries and give you the tools to prevent new injuries.
Call today to request an appointment with one of our specialists!
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