Repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) are among the most common workplace injuries. Cashiers, healthcare workers, construction workers, and many other professionals experience a high rate of RSIs, sometimes called repetitive motion injuries. They’re painful and inconvenient for the workers who suffer from them and can take a financial toll on employers.

Where your employees seek treatment for on-the-job injuries can have a significant impact on the final cost of a claim. At MidAmerica Orthopaedics, patients receive direct access to specialists the same day as their injury. That kind of definitive care from the onset of an injury eliminates delays that can keep employees out of work unnecessarily.

Imagine a medical facility that can diagnose and treat your injury in a single visit, no doctor’s note required. Where you’ll have prompt access to trusted experts and the best diagnostic equipment and treatment methods around. 

Someone who just sustained an injury wants to understand what’s wrong as soon as possible. At Orthopaedic Immediate Care clinics, that person will get immediate access to a variety of state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies.

No one expects to sprain an ankle on the way to work. The first reaction for many people with this type of common injury is to head for the nearest emergency room. Others limp around for days, hoping the injury will go away. In the pain of the moment, it can be hard to know which option is the right one.

Think of your spinal discs as small, rubbery cushions that separate the bones in the spine from one another. Sometimes, these discs rupture or bulge. This is what physicians mean when they talk about herniated discs, which can cause one or more of them to press against spinal nerves. And yes, it can be just as painful as it sounds.

When alternative pain management isn’t enough to treat chronic back pain, there are still many different options. Some newer techniques are getting pretty hi-tech. Two procedures that treat chronic back pain – spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps – involve inserting small devices near the affected area that can be controlled from outside of the body.

Chances are you know someone who has complained about a sore back. Some 16 million adults have to limit their daily activities due to chronic back pain. If the problem becomes debilitating, spinal fusion is the most common treatment available to them.