Workmans Compensation

The standard at Orthopedic Specialists is special attention to treatment, while providing the most cost-effective service. As an expert in orthopedics, all necessary diagnostic treatments and procedures are managed with a strong focus on getting the employee back to work as soon as possible. With services provides by an orthopedic surgeon who is also an osteopath, the cost of care reduced, and unnecessary, time-consuming treatments are avoided.

Nowadays, it is extremely important that injured workers return to work as soon as possible. Not only is the employee’s well-being important, but an efficient way to return to work in a timely manner protects job security. Of course, recognizing that there are incidents where severe injuries require months to pass before an employee can return to the same or reduced level of work, the focus at Orthopedic Specialists is to perform diagnostic tests on a timely basis; honing in on the most efficient means to get an employee back to work, without undue time in therapy clinics or doctors offices.

At Orthopedic Specialists, people injured on the job are treated in the same fashion as a world-class athlete injured in a sporting event. Both situations deserve the same focus on detail and common sense treatment to efficiently get them back into the game or on the job as soon as possible. At Orthopedic Specialists, unnecessary time sitting on a couch with a cold bag of peas and a medicine cabinet full of medications is not an outcome in effective injury management. Most frequently, the injured worker can begin a physical therapy program with some supervision, and expect to efficiently manage the condition with time-proven exercises at home; along with good nutrition, as opposed to narcotics and powerful drugs.

Certainly, some cases demand much more vigorous attention and surgical treatments than others. With 28 years as an Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon, it is good to know that in Dr. Herzog’s hands, all bases are covered. If someone has a ruptured disc that cannot be treated conservatively, surgery will be promptly performed by leading experts. The same is true for people with debilitating arthritis conditions or unfortunate fractures, which will require more aggressive treatment in the surgical arena.

In the medical/legal world of workers compensation, Dr. Herzog is an expert. Thus far having been approved to perform 207 Independent Medical Evaluations to decipher injuries. Where someone has been out of work for a prolonged period of time, his history of common sense treatments and realistic expectations prepare him to be unbiased and sensitive to all issues leading to an injured workers disability.