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Clinicians and people with knee osteoarthritis can shift the conversation about osteoarthritis...
How we talk about health profoundly impacts how we think and act when managing our well-being.
10 common and unhelpful myths about low back pain, and 10 facts that bust them.
Implementing evidence-based interventions to improve how we care for workers is not easy. Are...
Tips to help develop a mindset that builds resilience and helps us deal with challenging...
Small business owners have been doing it tough for a long time and statistics are demonstrating...
We all have 3 basic psychological needs that must be fulfilled if we are to do well and feel...
How to help build self-efficacy — tips for supporting a worker who may have lost confidence...
Do positive expectations about RTW bring results, or do good prospects make injured workers feel...
Ollie Black presents on "Self Efficacy" - a person-level concept that impacts return to work....
Prehabilitation is an approach to aid people recover from surgery and increase the likelihood of...
Self-management is a vital part of recovery from illness, but how can treaters be trained to...
For many injured workers, the greatest challenge is not the extent of their injuries but the...
How 'learned optimism' can improve return to work outcomes: Breaking down Theo Feldbrugge's...
The health and wellbeing of people with chronic illness improves when they become...
'Self-efficacy' is more than just an odd-sounding word. Superdoc explains who needs...
The impact of 'patient narrative' - first-hand stories of illness and injury - shouldn't be...
Our Superhero Superdoc is back on back pain and the importance of not being afraid of it.
Super Doc gives a super-spiel about the importance of listening - and saying no
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
People who believe they've been treated unfairly have lower functional ability than those who...
In pain, low in confidence, and down at heart: it can be a hard slog to get back into the...
Is it possible to have too much optimism? And what's the best approach to take when you're...
What is optimism? How is it good for health? When is it wise, in professional life, to get your...
In response to a reader's questions, our resident Occ Phys explains how to encourage a proactive...
Not every injured or ill worker has the "I think I can" attitude of the Little Engine That...
The most common barriers to RTW are "psychosocial". Getting to know them makes it possible to...
Workers' comp and RTW systems can exacerbate chronic pain, but as Coralie Wales from Chronic...
A look at self-efficacy and how it can be maximised in patients.
The first instalment in a six-part series of articles on Motivation in rehabilitation.
An injured worker, with knee injuries and heart condition, is made redundant and has to deal...
Cancer survivor John Stubbs talks about his journey back to good health and back to work, in a...