Workers who experience lost-time, limited duty, or symptoms in response to job tasks may benefit from work hardening physical therapy services. Rendered in various phases of the injury healing process, physical therapy helps the injured worker return to safe and productive work.
The purpose of Work Conditioning and Work Hardening, as well as a combination of the two, Work Rehabilitation, is to help progress an injured worker’s tolerance of job or occupation-specific physical stresses. Treatment should emphasize restoration of work-related function and reconditioning.
Work Conditioning Program
An intensive work-related, goal-oriented conditioning program designed to restore:
- Multi-hour sessions up to 4 hours/day; 5 days/week; for 8 weeks
- systemic neuromuscular functions (joint integrity and mobility)
- muscle performance (strength, power, endurance)
- motor function (motor control and motor learning)
- range of motion (including muscle length)
- cardio vascular/pulmonary functions (aerobic capacity/endurance, circulation, and ventilation, and respiration/gas exchange
to enable the patient to return to work.
Work Hardening Program
A highly-structured, goal-oriented, individualized intervention program consisting of:
- multi-hour sessions up to 8 hours/day; 5 days/week; for 8 weeks
- multi-disciplinary approach
- uses real or simulated work activities
to restore physical, behavioral, and vocational functions to return the injured patient/client back to work.
Work Rehabilitation
A combination of work conditioning and work hardening, it addresses physical, functional, behavioral, vocational needs within a multi-disciplinary model that included medical and workplace stakeholders.
- Utilizes various therapeutic interventions with functional emphasis
- Emphasizes the role of the worker/work activities
- Treatment time is determined by situational analysis, may extend from hour/multi-hour sessions depending on evaluation and plan of care
To enable the patient to return to work at a pre-injury work level, in a safe and timely fashion.
Chambersburg Services
142 Franklin Farm Lane
Chambersburg, PA, 17202
Phone: (717) 263‑5147
Fax: (717) 263-3454
New Patient Info
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Meet The Team
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Devin Day, DPT
Clinic Director
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Blaire Lauthers, DPT
Physical Therapist
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Jennifer Wickard, PT
Physical Therapist
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Meredith Ankerbrand, DPT
Physical Therapist
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Angie Miller, OTR/L
Director, School-based Program, Multi-Site Clinic Director
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Cheryl Oyler, OTR\L, CHT
Occupational Therapist
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Sonda Snyder, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
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Brittany Plasterer, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Emily Buhrmann, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Lora Wenger, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Morgan Ward, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Rachel Monheim, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Sharon Thompson, COTA
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Diane Clopper, COTA
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
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Cher Nuckels, PCC2
Patient Care Coordinator II
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Kari Hopple, PCC 1, PTA
Patient Care Coordinator
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Penny Lehman, PCC 1
Patient Care Coordinator
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Cynthia Rawley, PTA
Physical Therapist Assistant
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Jennifer Schorn, PTA
Physical Therapist Aide
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Lily McDowell , PT, DPT
Physical Therapist
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Peggy Louder
Pediatric Administrator
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Sheri Michalsky, PTA
Physical Therapist Aide
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Welcome to Chambersburg
We're open in Chambersburg! Our Phoenix team is made up of highly trained, passionate professionals who are committed to you and your wellbeing. Our goal is to help you feel like you again. To do so, we build a personalized care and treatment plan for your entire rehabilitation journey. From start to finish, you can expect high-quality care in a professional environment centered around you. Take your first steps towards feeling like you again when you utilize our Chambersburg location’s Physical Therapy, Occupational Health Rehabilitation, and Occupational Therapy. We are conveniently located at 142 Franklin Farm Lane in Chambersburg...
The doctor and assistants are very professional. They show a lot of concern for the injury and recovery. I feel so much better after my visits, they are amazing!