Occupational Health Program

Comprehensive health care for the injured worker.

Promoting your employee’s health and return to work.

Triangle’s Return to Work Orientation

Our Worker’s Compensation specialists work closely with employers, insurance companies, and rehabilitation consultants to ensure that the process following an injury is efficient and effective. We are results oriented, emphasizing ability rather than disability.

Our specialists encourage patient involvement in the treatment process toward more swift rehabilitation and earlier return to work, lowering health care costs and enhancing your company’s productivity.

We are committed to the health of your injured employee, their access to the best care available and their return to work as quickly as possible. In addition, our staff regularly continues their professional education and training to remain current with the latest treatment innovations.

Commonly Treated Problems:

•    Neck and Back Injuries
•    Hand, Wrist, Hip, Knee and Ankle Injuries
•    Sprains, Strains, Muscle Injuries
•    Fractures and Dislocations
•    Repetitive Motion Injuries
•    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Triangle Orthopaedics offers a full range of complementary services including:

•    Acute Injury Care
•    Urgent Care Center
•    Occupational Therapy
•    Physical Therapy
•    Functional Capacity Evaluations
•    Work Conditioning
•    Work Site Programs
•    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
•    Pain Management
•    Psychological Testing and Evaluation
•    Sports Medicine
•    Prosthetics and Orthotics-Board Certified and Accredited
•    Post-Accident Drug Screening available on site

Triangle’s Urgent Care Centers

Our Urgent Care Centers offer after hours care for your injured employee in Chapel Hill (opening August 15th), and in Durham at our WPP location. The centers are available to provide immediate care for such injuries as:

•     Cuts and Lacerations
•     Sprains and Strains
•     Slips, Trips, Falls
•     Back and Neck Injuries
•     Foot and Ankle Trauma
•     Hand and Wrist Injuries
•     X-ray and MRI Services
•     Post-Accident Drug Screening available on site

The Centers are open from 3:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9am to 2pm on Saturdays and Holidays.

No appointment is required.

Triangle Orthopaedic’s comprehensive Occupational Healthcare Program is designed to help injured employees quickly return to work.

It is our mission to provide an Orthopaedic-based occupational healthcare program that delivers quality-driven medical outcomes focusing on providing exemplary patient care. Our program is designed to quickly return an injured employee to maximum employment potential.

•     Physical Therapy
•     Occupational Therapy
•     Certified Hand Therapists

The majority of Workers’ Compensation claims and costs are related to back injuries, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other repetitive motion injuries. Triangle Orthopaedic Associates employs therapists who specialize in work injury management, including credentialed McKenzie therapists and certified hand therapists. Our hand therapists utilize specialized evaluations and treatment for upper extremity acute, post-traumatic, and repetitive strain injuries. On-site custom splint fabrication is available. Emphasis is placed on active patient involvement and patient responsibility in regard to exercise, pain relief techniques, and return to work for the acutely injured worker. Our therapists are dedicated to helping businesses and industry control the frequency and resulting costs of on-the-job injuries.

Functional Capacity Evaluations, Comprehensive Work Conditioning, Work Site program and Back School Programs are available.

Triangle Orthopaedics offers a highly- trained panel of Occupational Health providers, with specialists in such areas as:

•    Hand
•    Shoulder and Elbow
•    Spine
•    Joint Reconstruction
•    Foot and Ankle
•    Trauma

Locations:

• Durham
• Chapel Hill
• Roxboro
• Creedmoor
• Oxford
• Oxford: Wellness Center