VIRGINIA “GINNIE” HALLING, P.T.

DSI Work Solutions Inc.

182 Saxon Lane

Bowling Green, KY 42103

DEGREE: Bachelor of Science Physical Therapy

Northern Illinois University, 1982

PROFESSIONAL

STATUS: Physical Therapist

PROFESSIONAL

SPECIALTY: Work Injury Prevention/Early Intervention Program Development, Job Analysis/Physical Demands Analysis, Physical Demands Test Development, Functional Capacity Evaluations, Work Rehabilitation, Consulting Onsite to Businesses for Injury Prevention, Early Intervention and Wellness Strategies for numerous employers.

PERTINENT

EMPLOYMENT: Owner, DSI Work Solutions, July 2013 to present. Provide services and training to health care providers and employers in the fields of work injury management and prevention, work readiness and rehabilitation.

Owner, Work Therapeutics, April 1997 to 2018. Operated and managed injury prevention, injury management, treatment and work reintegration processes with employers, physicians, insurers, case managers, vocational rehabilitation specialists and individual workers.

Faculty Member for Isernhagen Work Systems, WorkWell and DSI Work Solutions for Susan Isernhagen PT, 1994 to 2013. Instructed therapists, physicians, occupational health nurses, safety and human resource professionals in job analysis, post offer testing, return to work testing post injury or illness, work rehabilitation across the U.S. and Canada.

Injury Management Specialist for Great Lakes Safety & Rehabilitation, Inc. 1994 to 2006. Provide on-site evaluation of injured workers and pertinent job activity as well as case review services.

Independent Contractor, November 1995 to April 1997. Provided Functional Capacity Evaluations, Job Analysis and Work Rehabilitation to a variety of referral sources

Clinical Manager, Delcom Corporation, October 1994-October 1995

Developed the physical therapy model for this Occupational Medicine practice

Clinical Manager, Delnor-Community Hospital “Back to Work Program”, February 1992-October 1994. Responsible for developing a comprehensive hospital-based work rehabilitation program.

Staff Therapist, Delnor-Community Hospital, 1982-1992. Promoted to clinical specialist with the development of the hand therapy program.

PRESENTATIONS: (Abbreviated)

Expand Your Practice: Assist Employers with Return to Work and Injury Prevention Strategies, speaker, APTA PPS Annual Conference, November 2014

On-site Therapy Services & Wellness Programs Combined, speaker, DSI Work Solutions National Conference, September 2012

Health and Wellness Programs in Industry: Ideas and Trends, speaker DSI Work Solutions webinar with guests Elaine Williams and Skip Wirth RN, March 2011

Physical Therapists: Allies in the Battle for Employee Health, Wellness and Injury Prevention, speaker, Kentucky Governor’s Safety and Health Conference and Exposition, May 2010

The Onsite Injury Prevention and Management Team, speaker, DSI Work Solutions webinar, with guest Sarah Budde, RN, COHN, CSP, October 2009

Worksite Analysis: In House Ergonomics, speaker, AAOHN Annual Conference, Orlando FL, April 2009

Employers: An Underserved Market, speaker, APTA Private Practice Section Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2007, Orlando FL, November 2008

Functional Fitness for Duty I and II, speaker, DSI Work Solutions, Denver CO, November 2006 and Chicago, IL October 2007

Embracing Business Opportunities in Occupational Rehabilitation, speaker, Ryan Associates, Chicago, IL, December 2005

The Ergonomic and Injury Management Training Course, speaker, sponsored by Isernhagen Work Systems, Chicago, IL 2000, Boston, MA 2001, Chicago, IL 2002, Los Angeles, CA 2002

Tightening the Acute Occupational Health Care-Rehabilitation Link, speaker, Ryan Associates, Chicago, IL, July 2001

Physical Therapy for the Future: Work Health Management, speaker, APTA Scientific Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA 1997, Orlando FL, 1998

ARTICLES (abbreviated):

Maintenance is for more than Machines: Worker Health, Halling, Virginia, Physical Therapy Products, Aug/Sept 2022

Big Brother is Watching Industrial Rehab, Halling, Virginia, Physical Therapy Products, Mar 26, 2021

Work Rehabilitation: Injury Management and Prevention, Halling, Virginia, Rehab Management; November 2020

Ergonomics and the Rehab Professional, Halling, Virginia, Physical Therapy Products, Aug/Sept 2019

Workplace Injury Management, Halling, Ginnie, Physical Therapy Products, Aug/Sept 2018

Are You Managing Your Relationship with Employers, Halling, Ginnie, Rehab Management: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Rehabilitation; March 2017

FCE Trends in 2014, Halling, Virginia, Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine; June 27, 2014

Back to Work: Important Roles for Rehab. Halling, Ginnie; Isernhagen, Susan J. // Rehab Management: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Rehabilitation; Jan/Feb 2013

Workplace Evaluation and FCE: Can they be Combined, Halling, Ginnie; Isernhagen, Susan, Physical Therapy Products, January 2011

Constraining Arthritis, Halling, Ginnie; Case In Point Magazine,

Official Magazine of the Case Management Society of America, Feb/Mar 2009

Onsite Physical Therapy Services, Halling, Ginnie; Impact Magazine,

for the Private Practice Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, July 2009