Our Work Hardening/Work Conditioning Training Course is designed for professionals looking to grow their return-to-work program and/or implement high level work hardening/work conditioning into their practice. When implemented correctly, these programs can be the most profitable programs a clinic offers and can be implemented in an organization of any size. Learning outcomes include:

• Perform the latest evidence-based work hardening/conditioning evaluations including:
  • Intake process
  • Sitting and standing
  • Musculoskeletal screening and evaluation
  • Upper extremity testing/coordination
  • Repetitive functional activities
  • Occasional/frequent material handling
• Create return-to-work goals and treatment plans from your evaluations
• Apply the OccuPro industrial rehabilitation philosophy
• Rehabilitate injured workers using the latest return-to-work concepts
• Apply industry accepted principles of industrial rehabilitation
• Perform industrial rehabilitation documentation
• Design and set up your physical space
• Synthesis and document high level return-to-work goals
• Determine frequency/durations and length of stay in program
• Identify appropriate exercise programs and job simulated activities
• Deal with the difficult return-to-work patient
• Perform a job demands analysis for a work hardening/work conditioning patient
• Perform work hardening/conditioning  treatments including identifying appropriate treatment and properly progressing your patient

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapist Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Exercise Physiologists
• Chiropractors
• Medical Doctors
• Kinesiologists
• Physicians
• Allied Health Professionals

• Introductory
• No prerequisites required
• 15:1 student to instructor ratio

• Category 1: Domain of OT – Work
• 14.5 hours (2 days)
• 1.4 AOTA CEUs

• Participation in the full two days of training
• Performing a work hardening/conditioning evaluation
• Creating return-to-work goals
• Preparing a treatment plan based on your evaluation and designing the rehab program
• Classroom presentation/critique of your evaluation and treatment plan
• Completion of course quiz with a score of 80% or better in all course formats

Day One:

• Discuss the principles and differences of a work hardening program and work conditioning program
• Learn to design and set up your WH/WC space
• Discuss the importance of re-assessment during your program and making sure you document functional progress
• Review the foundation of performing industrial rehab and how to perform these services at a high level
• Learn the importance and how tos of performing a job demands analysis

Day Two:

• Learn to evaluate job simulation and incorporate it into treatment
• How to progress your patient from initial evaluation to return-to-work
• How to work and progress the difficult patient from a multidisciplinary standpoint
• Review a work hardening/conditioning evaluation
• Create a treatment plan and determine weekly progression of your patient based on the evaluation