When You Don’t Agree With The FCE

By Mike Helfand on July 12, 2023 Posted in Tips if Injured

A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is a medical test that is designed to help an injured worker determine what level of work that they can handle. It’s typically done at the end of your medical care when a doctor thinks you are as good as you are going to get. It doesn’t happen for workers … Continue Reading

Light Duty And Home Health Care Workers In Illinois

By Mike Helfand on March 8, 2023 Posted in Injuries

There are some calls we get from injured Illinois workers where I can guess the injury before they tell me what happened. One such situation involves home healthcare workers. These nursing specialists do incredible work. They provide convenient care in the patient’s home doing a wide variety of services such as bathing, administering medicine, wound … Continue Reading

If You Are Seriously Hurt At Work They Might Send You To College

By Mike Helfand on December 19, 2018 Posted in Benefits

In the most serious of Illinois work related accidents, you are so injured that you can never return to your old job. This means that you have some type of permanent restriction, usually one that limits the amount of weight you can lift on the job. If your highest level of education is high school … Continue Reading