“You should be back to full duty by now.”
Maybe your claim manager is wondering. Maybe your boss is. Meanwhile, you’re still hurting, and now there’s a claim number, an authorization process and a stack of forms on top of it.
Whether it was one bad lift, a fall or months of the same motion, your muscles and fascia took a load they couldn’t absorb. Strained muscle tightens to protect itself. Fascial layers can lose their glide. Trigger points can send pain somewhere else entirely, so the spot that hurts isn’t always the spot that’s causing it. None of that shows up on an X-ray.
And then it follows you home.
Into your sleep, your family and your weekends. A work injury doesn’t stay at work.
What we do about it
We start by understanding exactly how you were hurt and what it’s keeping you from doing, at work and at home. Then we treat with the tools that fit your injuries, and we track whether you’re getting function back, not just whether you feel better for an hour.
FECA (federal employees)
If you’re a federal employee with an accepted work injury, FECA may cover massage therapy. Care has to be authorized through the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), and requirements vary by case, so we’ll confirm your authorization before we start. An open claim alone isn’t enough.
What we need
- Your OWCP case number and date of injury
- Accepted condition
- Claims examiner’s information
- Attending physician’s information
- Authorization or a treatment order
Records that keep up with you
FECA care has to stay tied to your accepted condition. We document your symptoms, what you can and can’t do, how you respond and how you’re progressing, so your record shows why care is being provided and how you’re doing.
Washington L&I claim? See our L&I page.
Your first visit is 90 minutes.
Se habla español. Our Spanish-speaking therapist is also a medical translator.
Call 509.405.2642 with your claim information, and we’ll help you sort out what’s needed before your first visit.