Workplace injuries
Comprehensive assessment, rehabilitation and return to work support
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Understanding workplace injuries
Workplace injuries can impact muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. They may result from repetitive movements, lifting tasks, awkward positions, slips, trips, falls or overuse. Workplace injuries can affect your ability to work, perform daily activities, and participate in the things you enjoy.
At Active Health Riverina, we provide thorough assessment and tailored treatment to help you recover safely and reduce the risk of ongoing pain or reinjury.
Common types of workplace injuries
Workplace injuries may include:
- Sprains or strains of muscles, ligaments and tendons
- Back and neck pain related to manual handling
- Repetitive strain injuries (RSI)
- Shoulder, knee or ankle injuries
- Nerve compression conditions
- Overuse injuries from repetitive tasks
Each injury is unique and requires careful evaluation to determine the best rehabilitation approach.
How we assess your workplace injury
Assessment at Active Health Riverina focuses on understanding your injury, work context and functional goals. This may include:
- A detailed pain and injury history
- Movement and functional screening
- Posture and ergonomic evaluation
- Work task analysis
- Identification of limitations and recovery goals
This collaborative assessment helps build a rehabilitation plan targeted to your needs.
Our treatment approach
Our evidence based treatment approach supports recovery and functional return to work. Your personalised plan may include:
Manual therapy
Skilled hands-on techniques to reduce pain, improve mobility and support tissue recovery.
Therapeutic exercise
Progressive exercise programs to restore strength, control and joint stability relevant to your job demands.
Movement and task retraining
Relearning movement patterns and functional tasks to support safe performance at work and reduce the likelihood of reinjury.
Pain education and self management
Education to help you understand your pain, flare ups, triggers and safe movement strategies.
Return to work and functional planning
Returning to work after an injury involves more than symptom relief. We work with you and, where needed, with your workplace or insurer to support safe and progressive return to duties. This may include:
- Graded activity plans
- Functional testing
- Workplace ergonomic advice
- Communication with workplace stakeholders
Our aim is to help you return to work confidently and reduce the risk of future injury.
Who can benefit
Our workplace injury care benefits:
- Employees recovering from an injury
- Workers returning after time off
- People with chronic or recurrent pain related to work demands
- Anyone needing assessment, rehabilitation or prevention guidance
Care is tailored to your injury, work tasks and recovery goals.
Our Practitioners with a special interest in workplace injuries
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