Workers' Compensation Savings

Chiropractic Management of work-related injuries is one of the best methods employers have to reduce the cost of work-related injuries. Over the years, many studies have been performed demonstrating the superiority of chiropractic in the management of work-related injuries.

One of the greatest sources of lost workdays is low back pain. Chiropractic is clearly the most cost and clinically effective method of managing the costs associated with low back pain. Dr. Kenney's extensive post-doctoral training in the areas of chiropractic rehabilitation, orthopedics, disability evaluation, independent medical examination, and consulting allow him to be provide comprehensive cost-effective health care to your injured workers.

Employers who use post-offer physical examinations are able to assure that the employee they hire are able to safely perform the tasks that will be required of them. By comparing the employee's physical performance and capacity with predefined job functions and tasks the employer can determine the correct job placement of the employee. In addition, by having a set of baseline data, the employer and doctor can compare an injured employee's physical capacity after an injury to determine apportionment of any remaining post-accident disability and the point at which the employee has reached maximum medical improvement.

Dr. Kenney is also available to provide second opinion evaluations, independent medical evaluations, and case management services. If you have injured employees, Dr. Kenney can help your company save lost time and money. Click on one of the links to the left for further information.


Patients lose fewer work days due to low back pain when treated with chiropractic care.

This graph shows the results of a workers' compensation pilot project for the state of New Hampshire conducted by the Willis Caroon "Compworks" program for patients treated between 11/1/91 and 11/15/93. When treated with physical medicine patients lost an average of 104 days of work, when treated with orthopedic surgeons they lost an average of 90 days, when treated with family practitioners/PCPs they lost an average of 37 days, but when treated with chiropractic thy only lost an average of 16 days of work.