The Industrial Rehabilitation Program at Northwest Hospital includes the following:
Work Conditioning: A program designed to increase strength and physical endurance required for safe return to work.
Work Hardening: An individualized, job-specific therapy program that consists of progressive exercise and simulated work activities required for return to work.
Physical Capacity Evaluation: Evaluation of physical strength, joint flexibility and endurance following injury or accident.
The program involves assessments by occupational and physical therapists.
Winter in Seattle, with all the power outages, frigid temperatures and icy streets, can be particularly harsh. And it’s during the winter that the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning increases.
