Physical therapy often plays a key role in helping injured employees get back to work. In one of a two-part podcast, Susan Isernhagen, PT and COO of DSI Work Solutions shares her work injury management and prevention expertise with PT Talker.
Isernhagen designed the first functional capacity assessment to objectively test a worker’s work capabilities over 25 years ago. Today, she is sounding an alarm that physical therapists may be missing an opportunity to enhance their practice. Offering work injury management and prevention services to employers may be one of the ways physical therapists can combat the continuous reimbursement challenges faced by their practice. Listen now to learn more about the role physical therapy can play in work injury management and prevention.