Experts in Workplace Injury Prevention In Rochester NY
We teach people in the workplace how to extinguish and prevent workplace injuries, claims, and costs.
Stephen Fose, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT
IMPACC Certified MSD Prevention & Ergonomic Specialist
Fully Trained as IMC Outcomes Accountable Clinician
Fully Certified in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy
Stephens passion to build healthier communities & stronger pain-free businesses led to a mentorship with Dr. Lauren Hebert, industry leader in workplace injury prevention since the 1980's.
Stephens training has been performed in over 600 workplaces with over 100,000 workers around Western NY and the United States, with reduction of lost work days of 78%.
65-80% of occupational claims are preventable. With health premiums and deductibles on the rise, an aging workforce, companies are wasting money while their employees are in pain and feel hopeless. And it's getting worse.
Who We Help
Western NY & Northeast US Business
Rising premiums. Recurring injuries. Burned-out employees. When your people are hurting, productivity drops — and costs rise. The truth? 80% of workplace musculoskeletal disorders aare preventable.
From skilled trades and manufacturing crews to remote, desk-based teams — repetitive movement problems affect everyone. Retrieve partners with business owners, HR, and safety leaders to extinguish and prevent injuries before they escalate.
We become your boots-on-the-ground prevention partner — reducing claims, lowering costs, strengthening resilience, and keeping your workforce healthy and performing at a high level.
Our Business Partners
With medical costs, wages, and comp expenses all trending upward, doing nothing is no longer an option.
Reactive employers who outsource pain problems to the insurance world will see their claims costs climb.
Those who invest in direct-to-employer services will reduce costs, have more resilient and grateful employees, and grow with less costs.
The Retrieve Framework
Your Career Is Your Sport.
Your Departments Are The Positions.
Your Employees Are Your Athletes.
Retrieve moves care upstream—lowering costs, lost workdays, unnecessary claims, and boosts productivity. We'll prevent injuries from happening in the first place. Without onsite services, these costs are out the door and out of your control. Our systems have shown a 78% reduction in lost work days.
We analyze department risks with an onsite evaluation. We're able to uncover muscuolskeletal risks unique to reach department. Shortly after employers have an extensive prevention plan.
This prevention plan allows for smarter "sport specific" POET testing for each department, ergonomic and equipment education, movement-based solutions for each department, as well as insight for HR/safety handling pain vs injury on the job.
Workplace Injury Prevention Services
Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse
Post-offer employment testing (POET)
fit-for-work annuals
workplace & department Risk analysis
ergonomics & equipment evaluation
onsite employee group training
mobility & Prevention programs
early discomfort caRE & VIRTUAL triage
TESTIMONIALS
"Thanks for giving me the tools"
I have been working construction for over 20 years. This type of work stresses your muscles and joints more than most professions and I was looking for some relief.
Now it has been nearly a year and I have been waking up ready to go for months. I continue to do my stretches and I can do all the activities I want to keep up with my growing boys.
Thanks for giving me the tools to heal and live life the way I want.
- Sean H.
I always thought I had a "bad back"
I always thought I had a “bad back”. Had grown to accept it as my twice-yearly payback for the way I work and abuse my body.
These days I need only step away from the tool, machine, or boulder for a moment to calmly execute one of a handful of simple movements that I’ve learned to keep me working and pain free before diving right back in to the hard work that I love.
Workplace Injury Prevention at its finest.
- Alex M.
"That has never happened in the 14 years working!"
I have suffered from herniated disc, flare-ups, and tightness in the neck and shoulders caused by repetitive work-related movements.
Since the on-site evaluation I have not had any flare-ups or excessive tightness! I just finished a very busy work season (2 months long) and felt amazing afterwards! That has never happened in the 14 years I've been working in this field.
- Valissa J.
The Cost of Inaction
Neck & Low Back pain ALONE is costing a business of 100 employees around $40,000/year in direct and indirect costs.
These figures are not including filed claims.
Our programs return high value and return on investment with preventing just one onsite injury.
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