Work Hardening Program Offered by Progressive Physical Therapy

Progressive Physical Therapy offers a program called Work Hardening which focuses on getting recovering patients back to work.  Physical Therapist Dr. Eric Lawrence says the program works on the specific abilities needed in a patient’s job like lifting and carrying.  In order to determine the patient’s specific challenges a Functional Capacity Evaluation can be made…

“A lot of times, they will get sent for a Functional Capacity Evaluation for two things: first of all, to see if they’re ready to go back to work—if they can perform all their job duties, and also, sometimes, it’s just to kind of show where they’re at in their rehab process.  What they’re able to do.”