The Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital proudly provides Industrial Rehabilitation and Consultation services in partnership with Mid America Rehab. For more information on Mid America Rehab, visit their web site at www.midamericarehab.com.

INDUSTRIAL REHABILITATION AND CONSULTATION
Injury, fraud, indemnity and lost time are all factors contributing to the rising cost of work injury. As a result, Mid America Rehab has designed a seamless prevention, work evaluation and work injury management system that allows the employer to control these factors, therefore, increasing bottom line profitability. The finest in objective evaluation and treatment methods are implemented into an aggressive return to work model recognized by consumers as the standard in the industry. Our protocols are based on peer-reviewed research and are delivered under the direction of experienced, licensed therapists.

Industrial Rehabilitation Services:

Functional Capacity Evaluation: Determines a worker's abilities and limitations, thereby assisting the physician in a return to work decision. Components include assessment of worker's abilities in the categories of, lifting, carrying, pushing/pulling, musculoskeletal status, endurance and positional tolerances. Also includes a battery of twenty validity criteria.

Work Conditioning: Includes a comprehensive entry and exit evaluation. Sessions are performed for up to 3 to 4 hours 3 to 5 times per week. Emphasizes progressive resistive exercise, endurance training, lifting, and generic positional tolerances.

Work Hardening: Also includes a comprehensive entry and exit evaluation. Sessions are performed for up to a full day, five days per week. Emphasizes conditioning exercises and work simulation activities.

Benefits of Industrial Rehabilitation Services
" Legitimizes actual impairment.
" Identifies magnified impairment.
" Expedites return to work in cases where the worker has reached a plateau in therapy.
" Provides objective and accurate return to work data.

Industrial Consultation and Prevention Programs
Ergonomics Program Development - The experts at Mid America Rehab can assist you in developing your ergonomics program so that you will effectively decrease workplace stresses. ErgoSTEPS is a new testing option offered, which complies with OSHA regulations related to "voluntary programs."

Job Analysis - Mid America Rehab can identify a job's physical demands or any potential hazards so you can implement a "quick fix" or design an ergonomic program. An objective job analysis can also expedite return to work by assisting health care providers in developing a treatment plan specific to a worker's job demands. Or it may assist the employer in developing a bank of light duty jobs to help decrease lost time.

Job Descriptions - Based on data gathered in a comprehensive job analysis, we are able to provide you with a comprehensive job description, detailing the physical requirements necessary for a worker to safely perform any particular job.

Injury Prevention Education - Workers often benefit from assistance in learning how to use their bodies in the most efficient way on the job. Also, simple stretching programs designed to target identified weaknesses can be very effective for many workers.

WorkSTEPS EMPLOYMENT TESTING
Approximately 10% of the American workforce is unable to safely perform the jobs they are hired to do. This same 10% accounts for 75% of all employee injury costs. The Americans with Disabilities Act stipulates that an employer is not required to hire or retain an employee who cannot safely perform the essential functions of the job. We offer the following services for employment testing:

Post-Offer Work Evaluation - A comprehensive test that assesses a worker's ability to perform essential job functions and screens for pre-existing conditions that may place the employee at medical risk for a job. Employers are provided with a Pass/Fail recommendation within 24 hours of testing.

Cumulative Trauma Testing - Determines a worker's medical risk for jobs with exposure to repetitive motion or carpal tunnel syndrome.

Fit-for-Duty Evaluation and Targeted Rehabilitation Services - Determines work readiness after an injury and detects symptom magnification behaviors that may be delaying return to work.

To learn more about WorkSTEPS , visit www.WorkSTEPS.com .

For more information on any of the Industrial Rehabilitation services listed above,
please call 573-883-9366.