Work Rehabilitation Center in Rochester, Minnesota

The Mayo Clinic Work Rehabilitation Center features a variety of employer and provider resources.

Industry representatives

Our work rehabilitation team understands the importance of keeping employees healthy and on the job. Our specialists work daily with industry representatives by assisting with services such as:

• Worker injury prevention programs.
  • Stretching programs.
  • Posture and body mechanics.
  • Workflow assessment.
  • Ergonomic assessment.
• Options to keep injured employees working by matching them to the right type of work.
• Functional job descriptions.
• Preemployment and return-to-work tests, to make sure your employee has the strength to do the job.
• On-site therapy using outpatient care programs.
• Review and analysis of injury, safety, medical and workers' compensation records to identify high-risk areas to help reduce future claims.

Please contact the Work Rehabilitation Center with any questions at 507-284-4933, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, or via email.

Qualified rehabilitation consultants (QRCs)

We want to work with you. With the patient's permission, QRCs are welcome to attend therapy and physician appointments.

The Work Rehabilitation Center will work with QRCs to:

• Provide a comprehensive rehabilitation program for the injured worker at a community outpatient facility.
• Support the QRCs' goals for vocational rehabilitation by assisting providers with work restriction recommendations, participating in return-to-work meetings and conducting on-site work analysis.
• Provide frequent communication about a patient's level of function and other concerns.

Physicians

We have expertise in getting people with the most prolonged and complicated challenges back to work. In our specialized space, the Mayo Clinic Work Rehabilitation Center is custom-designed to provide top work-related therapy activities, with the goal of complete and timely recovery.

By developing a unique medical plan specifically for your job demands, ergonomic recommendations and duty-specific tasks are tailored just for you. Our on-site physicians and therapists can:

• Provide guidance on work restrictions using standard functional assessment.
• Treat physical and mental health conditions using an evidence-based treatment approach.
• Provide care for physical and mental health conditions from the acute to chronic phases of recovery.
• Assist with workers’ compensation, non-workers' compensation, illness, motor vehicle accidents.
• Assist with work restrictions, impairment ratings, and return to work plans if desired.
• Provide frequent communication regarding your patient’s level of function and other concerns.

Please contact the Work Rehabilitation Center with any questions at 507-284-4933, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, or via email.