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Meditation and mindfulness are often conflated but they’re not the same. We clarify the muddy...
Bold claims are emerging about chronic pain eliminated by psychological treatments with a...
A cooperative, supportive approach and clear expectations about treatment has helped allied...
RTW Coordinators, meet the Clinical Framework, a set of principles that ensure allied health...
The DOs and DON'Ts of best practice early intervention following knee injury.
Doctors don't dictate your fate. Learn how to get the information you need to make good...
Australians are turning to spinal fusions to control lower back pain despite a lack of evidence....
The injured worker needs and deserves it.
Learn the basics about Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most effective forms of...
This panel discussion explores physiotherapy strategic approaches to improve return to work and...
Prehabilitation is an approach to aid people recover from surgery and increase the likelihood of...
Monash University in association with the Transport Accident Commission conducted a study into...
The Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (or OMPQ) used to be known as the Acute Back Pain...
Self-management is a vital part of recovery from illness, but how can treaters be trained to...
Telephone counselling has become an increasingly popular method for providing health education,...
Dr James Crompton discusses the challenges and rewards of working as a company doctor.
The term, 'treaters' includes general practitioners, medical specialists and allied health...
Rehabilitation providers are multidisciplinary organisations which employ professionals from a...
Exercise Physiologists are Allied Health professionals who focus on therapeutic physical...
What does it mean and how to make the most of it.
“When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured” -...
Dr Mary Wyatt shares her experience as both clinician AND neck ache sufferer and concludes that...
Occupational physiotherapy expert Paul Coburn explains the principles of good physiotherapy and...
Successful surgery starts with the best decision about whether surgery should be performed.
The use of opiates in chronic pain cases should be carefully monitored. Patients need a high...
The health and wellbeing of people with chronic illness improves when they become...
The SPICE treatment method is simple and proven since WWI.
Does Australia have anything to learn from an American expose of the influence drug companies...
To treat the patient we need to know the patient
In which we ask: Who would benefit from CBT? How can you broach the subject of therapy in the...
In which we - and injured worker Ms W - learn that when you change your behaviour, you also...
In which we - and injured worker Ms W - learn that 'C' is for 'Cognitive,' and that thoughts...
Ever wondered why some musculoskeletal injuries don't resolve as quickly as they should?
There is a correlation between compensation and poorer surgical outcomes. What can be done?
What does it mean and how to make the most of it.
Medical assessments of work capacity are not always defined by what a worker is capable of....
How patients communicate has an important influence on the treatment they receive.
Let's put some evidence behind sick certificates
While opiates are valuable for treating severe pain, doctors need to exercise more caution...