Ache Group offer a dedicated expert in the field of RTW and Injury Management as an outsourced solution for your business. Utilising this option not only reduces salary costs but immediately improves a company’s injury culture and productivity whilst significantly decreasing overall lost time injuries. The Ache consultant take charge of the complex paperwork, medical case conferencing, return to work planning, all communications and integrate a dedicated and experienced allied health injury manager to look after your employees recovery.
Work tasks are often repetitive and over time can lead to aches and pains, we want to ensure your team are supported to optimise their health & wellbeing to reduce the risk of injury, and long periods of time away from work.
Ache Group offer onsite physiotherapy services to address all aches and pains, to assess, diagnose and provide appropriate treatment quickly, supporting a positive culture and recovery at work.
Engaging in these onsite services result in
1. 25% fewer sick days for the workplace
2. 30% reduction in Workers Compensation claims
Our tailored and comprehensive screening assessments, Fitness for Work or Pre-Employment Screening assessments, provide detailed information highlighting a potential team member’s overall fitness, functional ability and overall suitability for the role.
Information and data indicating strength, cardiovascular endurance, tolerances, range of motion, with a clear and concise traffic light rating system completed within a 24-hour turnaround time, ensuring confidence in decision making and minimal delay to hire.
Keep on learning, keep on growing.
We offer ongoing training and development for your team members to build on existing skills, develop and support professional development and learning opportunities. Topics include, but are not limited to,
➜ Safe Manual Handling,
➜ Work Health Safety,
➜ Resilience Training,
➜ Work & Wellness,
➜ Injury Management Fundamentals.
Our allied health team offer a range of interactive health toolbox programs designed to promote a safety-first approach to work. Programs take up to 30 minutes, one session per month in the workplace.
These programs focus on key risk areas to ensure prevention is front and centre, and consistent education delivered repeatedly will develop a best practice work approach.
➜ Healthy Back, Healthy Body
➜ Knees Please!
➜ Stretch 123
The work environment can significantly impact health and wellbeing. A team member’s workstation set up is important, whether that be in the office or even working from home. Poor ergonomics results in aches, pains and musculoskeletal disorders.
An ergonomic assessment provides individuals with the right information regarding risk factors, what an appropriate set up entails, the benefits of regular postural breaks, and can provide practical and cost-effective recommendations on alternative equipment to enhance positioning. These assessments keep your team happy and minimise the risk of significant injuries or claims.
Ergonomic Assessments can be completed either in person or remotely to ensure all your team members can access support no matter where they are working.
Our Rapid Response Program provides urgent support when an injury occurs, ensuring the team member has immediate support and guidance to promote best practice recovery at work.
The fixed fee service includes:
➜ Medical Case Conference (ideally the first GP appointment)
➜ Worksite Assessment to detail suitable duties.
➜ Development of a Recovery at Work Plan
Our Functional Capacity Assessment provide a comprehensive understanding of an individual’s current physical capabilities. The assessment requires the individual to undertake a series of tailored activities and tests to provide a measure of their functional and physical ability. This data and information can be used to assess their ability to perform job-specific tasks following a workplace injury, illness or accident. Ache Group can provide national coverage.
Our Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists recognise that some individuals, depending on injury, overall health, and wellbeing, may benefit from a guided hydrotherapy program before they engage physiotherapy or functional strengthening programs. This may provide more appropriate activity to commence an individual’s recovery journey. Our clinically trained staff will provide support and advise to ensure suitability and appropriate progression to an activity-based program, to further empower an individual on their path to independence.
Our team of dedicated Exercise Physiologists are here to support and guide your recovery journey through their in depth understanding of physiology and how best to support your rehabilitation following an injury. They can assist by prescribing exercise based/functional programs to assist you with injury recovery or general health, exercise programs and wellness. Our Exercise Physiologists develop and carry out exercise programs for rehabilitation management and prevention of injuries, whilst also supporting those with chronic diseases. Our goal is to have you moving and managing independently, with an improved quality of wellbeing and overall lifestyle.