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From health tourist to driver — recovery-oriented messages from Professor Peter O’Sullivan

contributorLauren Finestone

Professor Peter O’Sullivan discusses what he sees as the problems with our current models of...

Webinar recording: Transforming back pain management through a public health campaign — a comprehensive analysis

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

This webinar explores the effectiveness of a public health intervention implemented in Victoria,...

Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care (Part 3)

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries. In the final part...

Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care (Part 2)

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries. In Part 2 of this...

‘How I explain common conditions to my patients’ — messages from a chiropractor

contributorLauren Finestone

Rob Beaven, chiropractor, blogger and host of The back pain podcast, tells us how he explains...

Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care (Part 1)

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries.

‘You’re speaking my language’ — how to translate research into action and real change

contributorLauren Finestone

A case study shows how ‘intermediaries’ — like work injury scheme stakeholders — can take the...

Workers’ compensation re-imagined from a lived experience perspective — Part 2

contributorLauren Finestone

What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...

Webinar recording: Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of messaging on managing work-related injuries. She uses 2...

Workers’ compensation re-imagined from a lived experience perspective — Part 1

contributorLauren Finestone

What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...

Evidence-based messages about self-management

contributorLauren Finestone

Messages that empower people to self-manage their injuries contribute to better RTW and recovery...

The feel-good factor — why your thoughts and emotions matter to recovery

contributorLauren Finestone

Injured workers will benefit from the message that their thoughts and emotions can affect how...

It pays to share (evidence-based messages)

contributorRTWMatters team

Ten reasons to share the key messages from It Pays To Care with everyone who works with workers’...

Messages to help people with back pain get their lives back

contributorLauren Finestone

Anne’s story compares how positive and negative messages about the body have a huge impact on...

The power of words in health (Part 3) — 5 tips to shift the way you talk about osteoarthritis

contributorLauren Finestone

Five suggestions for how clinicians can shift the conversation from an ‘impairment’ to a...

The power of words in health (Part 2) — changing the conversation about osteoarthritis

contributorLauren Finestone

Clinicians and people with knee osteoarthritis can shift the conversation about osteoarthritis...

The power of words in health — changing the conversation about osteoarthritis (Part 1)

contributorLauren Finestone

How we talk about health profoundly impacts how we think and act when managing our well-being.