Onsite Physical Therapy for Employers
Healthier employees. Fewer injuries. A clinic on your floor.
We bring physical therapy right onto your floor — backed by a full brick-and-mortar clinic in your backyard for anything that needs more.
What’s good for your employees is great for your business.
Access to high-quality care, early and honestly — your people get seen, by the right clinician, right away.
What it means for your people
- Less pain, sooner. Treated early, right where they work — before a small problem becomes a big one.
- No missed work. No half-days spent driving to and waiting at an offsite clinic — care happens on site, on the clock.
- No financial worry. Onsite care with no bill, no copay, and no insurance to sort out.
- Cared for and confident. They know exactly where to go, and that someone has their back.
The research is clear on early injury triage
Treat musculoskeletal injuries early, conservatively, and on site — before they escalate.
Onsite triage, doctor-led.
Real care delivered early, right on your floor — no referral, no insurance billing, no time lost offsite.
When an incident happens, we respond with the right treatment — right away
The moment something happens on your floor, a Doctor of Physical Therapy responds with the correct care for that injury — whether it calls for OSHA-recognized first aid or hands-on medical treatment. We’re trained to get your employee feeling better as fast as possible — and to keep them feeling safe, cared for, and confident the whole way through.
One pathway is OSHA-recognized first aid — real care OSHA classifies as non-recordable:
And when an injury needs more, we deliver full medical treatment on the spot — and carry it through our clinics if it needs formal PT. Either way, your employee gets the right care, immediately. The point isn’t the label — it’s the fastest path back to feeling good.
Not onsite the moment it happens? You’re still covered.
We’re in your backyard. If an incident happens outside our onsite hours, your team just messages our Quick Response Team — and we either get your employee seen the same day at our clinic, or we come to you. Real access, around your schedule.
Why a Doctor of Physical Therapy makes the call
Most work injuries are musculoskeletal — the strains, sprains, and back, shoulder, and knee complaints that happen on a floor. For those, the best clinical decision-maker you can have on site is a Doctor of Physical Therapy.
- A real evaluation, on the spot. A hands-on physical exam and differential diagnosis — not a symptom checklist or a triage script.
- Conservative care, started immediately. The approach research links to less imaging, fewer opioids, fewer surgeries, and faster return to work.
- Knows when to escalate. Doctoral-level training to screen for red flags and recommend the right next step right away — whether it isn’t musculoskeletal, or it is musculoskeletal but needs expert care beyond us. (In Wisconsin, we recommend — your employee always chooses their provider.)
- Knows the OSHA rules cold. Documents and classifies every incident accurately — first aid or medical treatment — so your records are honest, complete, and defensible.
- Carries it through. If a case needs formal PT, the same team of doctors sees it all the way to full duty — no handoff, no dropped ball.
Real care. The right call. The fastest way back.
“When a Doctor of Physical Therapy is making the call on your floor, your people get real clinical judgment — the right care, started early, and a clear read on anything that needs to go further. That’s the standard we bring to every partner.”
Jedd Wellenkotter, PT, DPT
Co-founder, Forward Physical Therapy
We care for your whole workforce
We understand how to keep employees healthy and happy — and it shows up in the everyday care, not just the work injuries. Here’s what a typical week looks like, and why so little of it ever becomes a claim.
- ~80% — Everyday aches, pains & old injuries. Back, shoulder, and knee pain, chronic tightness, and flare-ups that affect how people feel at work — even when the issue didn’t start there. Catching these early is exactly what keeps a minor ache from escalating into a real injury on the job.
- Post-surgical & elective surgery recovery. Shoulder, knee, hip, lumbar and more. We don’t replace their outpatient PT — we bridge the gap between the clinic and full job demands so they return safely and don’t backslide.
- Women’s health support. Onsite pre- and post-partum care and return-to-work support for mothers. Consistently one of the most valued benefits we offer — and a real retention driver.
- Ergonomics & movement coaching. Real-time adjustments to lifting, pushing, pulling, and repetitive tasks — often eliminating symptoms in a single visit, right at the workstation.
- 5–10% — True work-related injuries. Still managed early to prevent escalation — but a much smaller share, because we’re addressing so much upstream before a small issue turns into an injury.
What onsite care includes
- Care for any musculoskeletal issue — work-related or not; back, shoulder, knee, sprains, overuse.
- Early symptom triage — first-aid-level care that keeps a minor issue from escalating into a serious injury, so people get the right treatment before a small problem becomes a big one.
- Ergonomic & workstation coaching — assessments and fixes delivered right on the floor, tuned to the actual task and person.
- Return-to-work guidance — job-specific modifications and progressions that keep people working safely instead of sidelined.
- No friction for the employee — no referral, no insurance billing, no time lost driving offsite. Care happens on the clock, on site.
- A full clinic minutes away — when a case genuinely needs formal PT, it doesn’t leave the family; same team, front to back.
Support for HR & Safety
- One clear line of communication between HR, the employee, and supervisors on every work injury.
- When HR can’t reach the medical team, we can. When an employee is being treated elsewhere and HR can’t get a hold of the provider, we get through — our directory and local relationships mean work restrictions come back accurate, consistent, and easy to act on.
- Faster, smoother return-to-work — accurate restrictions and job-specific planning, without the usual back-and-forth.
- Fewer offsite referrals — most issues resolved on site; the rest stay inside one coordinated team.
- The area’s leading work-comp PT — every payer. We work with all workers’ comp carriers, so there’s no network barrier. If a case transfers to comp, it stays with the team best equipped in the region to manage comp rehab and get people back to full duty.
Where the ROI comes from
What’s good for your employees is great for your business.
Take real care of your people and the numbers follow — not from one line item, but from a stack of them working together:
We measure the results for every onsite partner — visits, cases, and cost avoided. Ask us for documented numbers from a comparable manufacturer, sized to your facility.
What sets our program apart
Full occupational-health capabilities
More than onsite hours — a complete industrial-rehab partner. Our team is OccuPro-certified across the services HR and Safety rely on most.
- Post-Offer Employment Testing (POET) — job-matched physical screening after a conditional offer, so new hires can safely meet the real demands of the role. Cuts early injuries, turnover, and comp exposure before day one.
- Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) — objective, defensible testing of what an employee can safely do, for return-to-work decisions, comp claims, and setting duty levels. Certified and Advanced-certified.
- Work Hardening & Work Conditioning — structured, job-specific programs that rebuild the strength, endurance, and tolerance an injured worker needs to return to full duty.
OccuPro-certified: Functional Capacity Evaluation · Advanced FCE · Post-Offer Employment Testing · Work Hardening / Work Conditioning · Return-to-Work
About Forward PT
Forward PT is an independent, family-owned practice founded by husband-and-wife physical therapists Jedd and Kristen Wellenkotter, with clinics in Edgerton and Fitchburg, Wisconsin. No national chain, no call center — the owners are the clinicians, and we show up in person. We hold established onsite employer contracts across the Edgerton, Janesville, and Milton areas — proven relationships with HR and safety teams — and with our Fitchburg clinic we’re now bringing the same program to the Madison market. When you partner with a local business, you get a partner invested in this community the same way you are.
- Fitchburg Clinic — minutes from Madison-area facilities
- Edgerton Clinic — serving the Janesville & Milton corridor
Let’s walk your floor and show you what this looks like.
A short onsite walkthrough — meeting your Safety, HR, and plant leadership — is all it takes to see how a program would fit your operation, your shifts, and your headcount. No obligation.
Message JeddJedd Wellenkotter, PT, DPT · Co-founder, Forward Physical Therapy