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Tell us about your essential duties, usual tasks, and any restrictions from the provider managing your injury.
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Return-to-Work Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation focused on the movements and physical abilities relevant to your work, guided by your recovery and medical restrictions.
At Greenbelt Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine, we listen to your concerns, assess your movement, and develop a plan around the activities that matter to you.
A Plan for Your Next ChapterYour movement. Your routine. Your goals.
Work-Focused Support
Connect Your Recovery to Your Working Life.
A return-to-work goal starts with understanding what your job requires. A desk role, driving position, and physically demanding job can involve very different movements and activity demands.
We discuss your duties, current limitations, and the goals identified during your evaluation. Your therapist may incorporate strengthening, movement practice, and functional activities that relate to those demands. Progress is reviewed alongside your response and the medical guidance relevant to your case.
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A Clear Path Forward
Practice Relevant Movement
Your therapist selects activities appropriate to your evaluation and goals, connecting rehabilitation to daily work demands.
Review Readiness and Next Steps
We review your functional progress. Work clearance, restrictions, and changes to work status remain decisions for the appropriate treating provider and parties involved.
Before Your Appointment
Prepare for Your Visit
Bring a job description or essential duties list, current medical restrictions, relevant provider instructions, and claim or authorization information. Tell your therapist about changes in duties or symptoms so your plan reflects your situation.
Call our team before your appointment if you are unsure which documents or approvals are needed.
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Good to Know
Can this support a desk-based job?
Yes. Relevant goals may involve sitting tolerance, reaching, movement breaks, and other physical demands, depending on your evaluation.
Can this support a physical job?
Your therapist can consider the lifting, carrying, standing, or other demands you describe and choose appropriate activities within your restrictions.
Who decides when I return to work?
Discuss work status and clearance with the provider managing your injury. Rehabilitation provides functional information and support but does not independently guarantee or determine clearance.
Will I need additional authorization?
Requirements depend on your claim and the recommended care. Contact our office to confirm the approved services and visits before treatment.
Patient education: ChoosePT: Benefits of Physical Therapy. Your evaluation and referral guide the approach appropriate to your needs.
Workers’ Compensation Services
Explore Work-Focused Care
Learn about evaluations and rehabilitation options, then contact our office to discuss your referral and authorization requirements.
A structured assessment of physical abilities to help inform rehabilitation and return-to-work planning.
Explore This Service ↗Work-focused rehabilitation to develop the physical abilities and activity tolerance relevant to your job demands.
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Explore This Service ↗Rehabilitation focused on the movements and physical abilities relevant to your work, guided by your recovery and medical restrictions.
Explore This Service ↗Your next chapter starts
with a first step.
Let’s work toward less pain, more movement, and a stronger you.