Have you been injured on the job or at the workplace? Are you trying to get worker's compensation or otherwise have assistance in paying for your medical bills and getting reimbursed for any work you have missed lately? Documenting everything is key to ensuring you have the best experience in your workplace injury, and you need to go to a workplace injury treatment doctor.

It's best to see this doctor as soon as your injury occurs, even if you haven't gotten your workplace injury compensation paperwork submitted or approved yet. Even if you have already gotten worker's compensation and are getting ready to go back to the workforce, see a workplace injury treatment physician before you do. In other words, you may think you feel OK, but don't let this deceive you into not getting medical care or clearance.

Here are reasons to go to a workplace injury treatment doctor.

You must have some proof of your injury

You may have lasting injury side effects that can go undocumented or unproven, and therefore be unable to be reimbursed, if you fail to go to a workplace injury treatment doctor to receive care. You're just taking precautions for your health when you have a checkup done at the very least. You can prove you had an injury that does exist even if you feel alright, and you can have ongoing worker's compensation if your injury is still not fully healed.

You must have some medical clearance

Is your boss trying to pressure you to go back to work? Are you feeling like you want to go to work yourself, even though you haven't been medically cleared yet? You shouldn't make any work commitments or go into your job at all until you have seen the workplace injury treatment doctor and given permission to go back to work, and if so, a list of restrictions you can go back to work under. It's wise to have your doctor put you on light duty or put some restrictions on how long you can work in a day on your work release form so you don't overdo it straight out of the gates.

Getting on worker's compensation after a work-related injury is designed to protect you and your job and allow you to feel better. Even if you feel healed or functional, get permission from your workplace injury treatment physician to go back to work.

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