About our Workers’ Compensation program
Our experienced team understands the nuances of the Workers’ Compensation system and works with you to get your employee everything they need to heal – from diagnostic tests, to treatment, to rehabilitation. You’ll have a single point of contact at Connecticut Orthopaedics who will handle all of your requests and communicate with you every step of the way, making your employee’s rehabilitation process as seamless as possible.
Our renowned orthopedic specialists are experts in the entire musculoskeletal system and are laser-focused on your employee’s recovery. We treat patients entirely in-house, including imaging services, surgery, physical therapy and a return to work program. We strive to provide care that works for you, while bringing down the costs of lost time.
At Connecticut Orthopaedics, we want to be your medical resource when a work related injury occurs. We will work with you and your team members to efficiently evaluate an injury, develop an effective treatment plan and provide the care that achieves the optimal outcome in each and every case. We understand that communication, care and competency are all needed to produce the results you expect.
- Walk-in acute injury management of definitive Workers’ Compensation injuries
- Dedicated appointment times for our Workers’ Compensation partners, with work-ins available for urgent needs
- IME documentation returned within 2-4 weeks
- Responses to your inquiries within 24 hours
- Objectivity and decision-making aligned with specific job demands
- Expertise in managing Workers’ Compensation claims
- 24/7 / 365 coverage
I’m a firefighter in New Haven, it’s a part of who I am. My father was a retired firefighter, my uncle, retired firefighter. I grew up in New Haven my whole life and it’s just good to give back to the community.
I had all my gear on, and we were about to respond to a call when I took all my weight to go shift and push up and get up on the fire apparatus, I felt like I got struck by lightning.
They found out that I ruptured the disc, and when I ruptured the disc it landed on my nerve. The doc told me that, with the injury that I had I would have to retire, because if this got any worse it could really impinge my nerve and it could cripple me. I decided to have the surgery to preserve my career.
After about a month of having the surgery, I started getting back on track. It’s been about five months now and I feel a lot better.
When I first got there, I saw it, I was like, ‘wow’, everything is here, you’ve got everybody right there to talk to each other as far as your progress and what needs to be done. I think it’s a lot better that way.
After the first week or so, I couldn’t wait to get back there to finish rehabbing. All the people there, they were great. They had me lifting weights, doing firefighter activities, almost like simulating being a firefighter.
They’re genuine, you could tell. You go places sometimes and people act like they care, but here you can just tell the genuineness in the people that they really want to get you back to your normal state.
As far as how I feel now to how I did when it first happened, it’s like night and day, and I give a lot of credit to the people at Connecticut Orthopaedics who made that happen.
