Articles tagged under ‘Neck’

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• Webinar recording: Understanding musculoskeletal problems - Part 2: Neck and Back Pain

  In part two of our three-part series, Dr Wyatt explains common neck and back problems and gives practical tips to help employees manage them at work.

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• Workplace MSDs: Neck, arm, hand interventions rated

  Working out at work can prevent common musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, arm and hand. Find out which other interventions make the grade and which fail to deliver according to a 2016 research review from the Institute for Work and Health.

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• What is the difference between cancer and whiplash?

  “When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured” - Chekov

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• Webinar Recording: Spinal pain and work - Professor Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde

  Back pain and neck pain are common. What do we know about their natural history, work contribution and the contribution of genetics?

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• My dickie neck — the medical route is limited

  Dr Mary Wyatt shares her experience as both clinician AND neck ache sufferer and concludes that self-management beats the medical route.

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• For Doctors - Back and neck pain: does age (and work) make a difference?

  Professor Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde outlines key findings based on the study of 40,000 Danes.

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• Neck pain and work

  The age-old question: Does work cause spinal problems?

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• The good news about neck pain

  Does neck pain worsen or improve with age?

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• The neck vs. the shoulder

  Why we should look carefully.

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• Different states of whiplash

  Epidemiological studies show that whiplash rates vary enormously between jurisdictions. Why?

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• Whiplash / neck pain

  Our featured topic this month.

Research 1 - 12 of 12

• Workplace interventions to prevent sedentary pain

  Are inflating and deflating “smart seats” the cure for back and neck pain amongst sedentary office workers? Or are active breaks a better bet?

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• Bumpy road to RTW with whiplash injuries

  For people with chronic whiplash-related disorders, RTW is a difficult process, with alternating progress and setbacks. Support at work, and better planning around treatment both help.

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• The more the spine changes, the more it stays the same?

  Neck X-rays show that changes to the cervical spine are common, and become more common and more pronounced with age. Like wrinkles or grey hair, however, normal spinal aging hasn't been tied to pain or disability.

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• How do workers with neck pain fare, and what influences their progress?

  Neck pain commonly follows a persistent or recurrent course. Between 60% to 80% of workers who advise a sore neck at some point report they have a sore neck a year later. Workers who exercise do better, and white collar workers return to work sooner.

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• Should you put your neck out for exercise

  How effective are exercises in treating mechanical neck problems?

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• Ways to whip whiplash

  An overview of whiplash injury

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• What's the source of that pain in the neck?

  Neck pain is a common condition in workers, and psychosocial factors influence outcomes.

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• Compensation prolongs whiplash pain

  Changes to NSW workers' comp legislation had some interesting outcomes

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• Whiplash and physical fitness

  Do fit people recover from whiplash more quickly?

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• Why me? Predicting neck pain

  Certain factors put people at risk of recurrent neck pain. What predicts recovery? This study examines the evidence.

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• A pain in the neck?

  A Canadian study explores the relationship between neck pain and lost time claims.

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• The world's best look at neck pain

  The Task Force on Neck Pain was a major undertaking, seeking to review and summarise information on neck pain problems, treatments, and what can be done to improve neck pain outcomes. A decade on, it’s messages are still relevant.