What Does Ergonomics Mean And How Can Physical Therapy Help?
Ergonomics is simply defined as fitting the job or work environment to the individual(s) performing the task. An ergonomic assessment includes an assessment of the job setting, job tasks, as well as the individual performing the tasks in that setting. Typically, employees or employers seek physical therapy services due to an injury, pain or as a proactive injury prevention program. Individuals are evaluated for physical strength, range of motion, flexibility, biomechanics, symptoms experienced both on and off the worksite as necessary to formulate the best individual plan for the employee necessary for them to perform optimally.
Onsite Ergonomic Evaluation
Onsite ergonomic evaluation is composed of an evaluation of the employee’s work station set up, biomechanics and brief physical screen of the individual employee. Onsite evaluations provide the employee with the most optimal recommendation for workstation set up, activity modification to maximize task performance, equipment recommendations as well as possible home exercises and stretches to improve task-specific activities with improved strength and flexibility.
Offsite Ergonomic Physical Therapy
In the clinic, individual employees will be given a more in-depth physical evaluation coupled with the aforementioned recommendations for work station set up and biomechanics evaluation with simulated tasks to promote improved onsite performance. In clinic examinations typically occur as a result of an injury that requires physical therapy.
Please contact us if your company is interested in one of our Ergonomic Onsite Evaluation Packages at info@exemplarphysicaltherapychicago.com.
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OPENING HOURS
| Monday – Friday | Appointment |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
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4636 N Ravenswood Ave #101
Chicago, Illinois 60640
OUR CLIENT’S SAY
Stacey is the BEST physical therapist and seeing her for my numerous pains is exactly what I needed. She has done so much to correct my posture, strengthen my back muscles and even correct the curvature in my spine. I know now that much of the pain I am experiencing is from accidents and injuries I had growing up, which have not come to the surface until now. What a blessing to have found Stacey and to be seeing her.
Stacey is the very best at what she does. My neighbor referred her, and I thank her for the referral any’ chance I get. Stacey is professional, knowledgeable and is devoted to fixing what is wrong and taking away the pain! She is compassionate, yet not afraid to push her patients to reach their full potential. Her goal is to make her patients whole and to allow them to resume their normal life. She succeeds, and I highly endorse her.
I was originally recommended to see Stacey for my shoulder after rotator cuff surgery. The shoulder was very painful and did not seem to heal correctly. I had better movement, but there was still a lot of pain despite getting several injections after the surgery. Turns out that I needed to have a second surgery to release the nerve which Stacey suspected.
After healing from the second surgery, 6 months later, I had extensive abdominal surgery which seemed to worsen my back and hip pain post surgery. So, I went back to Stacey to get some relief.