Every employer knows how important it is to hire the right person to fill a vacancy. It takes time and money to evaluate and train…
We’ve all said this very thing about some recurrent theme in our lives. The one theme I continually hear from employers is how they cannot…
A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is ordered when a doctor is looking for a snapshot of what a person can do functionally at that point…
Work conditioning is a comprehensive program that focuses on the whole body, not just the area of injury. For example, when a worker attends physical…
When hiring new workers, employers have the ADA, the EEOC, and all these different agencies that regulate who they can hire, how they should hire…
According to OSHA, fit for duty means that an individual is in a physical, mental, and emotional state which enables the employee to perform the…
In 2009 the AMA Guide to the Evaluation of Functional Ability: How to Request, Interpret and Apply Functional Capacity Evaluations, the authors define FCE as…
A Functional Capacity Evaluation Test (FCE) is a three to four-hour testing process that provides a snapshot of what a person can do at the…
Physical therapy is often prescribed 2-3 days per week, but physical therapy alone is not conducive to conditioning someone to return to work. That is…