A Redux functional capacity evaluation is a structured, standardised assessment of physical capacity: lifting and carrying, pushing and pulling, postural tolerances (sitting, standing, bending, reaching), grip and manual handling, and positional endurance over time. Where a specific role is in question, we assess against the documented demands of that role, not a generic benchmark.
Before a return to physical duties after significant injury, when reported capacity and clinical findings do not line up, when a certificate of capacity has plateaued, or when a decision point on a claim needs objective evidence rather than opinion.
Typically two to three hours of assessment, depending on the role's demands and the worker's presentation. The report follows within an agreed timeframe, usually ten business days or faster by arrangement.
Yes. Testing is graded, monitored and stopped at safe limits. The assessment measures safe maximum capacity, it never pushes a worker into unsafe ranges.
One of our directors: an AHPRA registered physiotherapist or an ESSA accredited exercise physiologist. The person who assesses writes the report.
We accept referrals from insurers, employers, treating practitioners and workers across NSW, and we acknowledge every referral within one business day.