Worker's Compensation Specialist

What are work-related injuries?

Work-related injuries refer to injuries associated with and that occur as a result of your work or occupation. These injuries can impair your functioning, deprive you of sleep, cause pain or permanent or temporary physical damage, force you to miss workdays, and more.

Without the right medical support, work-related injuries can have a negative impact on your daily life. Throgs Neck Multi Care, P.C. treats a broad spectrum of workers’ compensation eligible injuries.

What are the most common work-related injuries?

Work-related injuries can involve physical damage, breaks, fractures, muscle tears and sprains, and inflammation. Work-related injuries can vary in type and severity.

Some of the most common work-related injuries include:

• Falls and trips
• Motor vehicle crashes
• Strikes by objects or equipment
• Acts of violence
• Exposure to environments or harmful substances

Work tasks can also involve repetitive movements or postures, such as working on a factory line. This can lead to some types of tissue injury or overload. 

You might have an occupation with hazardous chemicals or substances, dangerous equipment, heavy lifting, and other harsh environments that might be more likely to result in a work-related injury. 

When you fully recover and return to work, you might need to make changes to your workstation and work environment and change how you work, so it’s more comfortable for you.

What is workers’ compensation?

Workers’ compensation is a type of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits to employees that suffer an injury during their employment. Throgs Neck Multi Care, P.C. provides highly effective and personalized medical support for work-related injuries, such as:

• Physical therapy
• Medications when necessary
• Lifestyle changes, such as nutritional counseling, stress management, and appropriate exercise
• Steroid injections and joint injections
• Surgery when needed

Your provider starts with an assessment and evaluation to figure out the extent of the injury and the best methods to treat it. After testing, you receive an appropriate individualized treatment plan.  

Pain medications might be useful some of the time to help you sleep, relieve your pain, and improve your mood. Your provider sparingly provides pain medications and instead focuses on other treatment methods, such as physical therapy to better assist your body while you heal.

The Throgs Neck Multi Care, P.C. providers handle all of your paperwork, so you don’t have to worry and spend valuable time on these tedious tasks. The providers assess all aspects of your lifestyle and health, so you can return to normality as soon as possible.

If you’ve suffered a work-related injury and need access to top-quality workers’ compensation health care, call Throgs Neck Multi Care, P.C. or schedule online today.