Essential Rehab

Essential Rehab provides Injury Management and Return to Work services throughout Queensland, with registered occupational therapists delivering workplace rehabilitation and return to work programs since 2008.

• Approved rehabilitation provider for WorkCover Queensland’s Return to Work Services Panel, supporting workers compensation, CTP, life and income protection claims across South East Queensland and Far North Queensland (Cairns, Innisfail, Tablelands).
• Multidisciplinary team includes occupational therapists registered with AHPRA, physiotherapists, psychologists, exercise physiologists, podiatrists, vocational counsellors and career advisers.
• Delivers injury assessment, functional capacity evaluation, onsite soft tissue treatment, suitable duties program development and progressive return to work planning, specialising in physically demanding roles involving repetitive processes or ergonomic strain.
• Cost-effective rehabilitation solutions focused on achieving worker recovery, independence and successful workplace integration post injury.

Best for: Queensland employers and workers navigating injury rehabilitation who need occupational therapy-led coordination across multiple allied health disciplines and WorkCover processes.

Essential Rehab delivers Safety Training in manual handling, ergonomics and hazardous manual tasks assessment across Queensland workplaces.

• Training programs customised to industry, business and role-specific requirements; all trainers hold Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• Covers manual risk assessment, hazardous manual task identification and practical ergonomic techniques to reduce injury risk in physically demanding work.
• Onsite training delivery designed to reduce preventable injuries and support return to work goals through targeted upskilling of workteams.

Best for: Queensland manufacturers, logistics, construction and manual handling operations seeking workplace safety training integrated with injury prevention strategy.