Most people in the field recognise that there's an association between expecting a good RTW outcome and achieving a good RTW outcome. But we don't always agree on why. Is it because positivity helps people recover? Or because people who have good recovery prospects rightly feel more optimistic than people who face an uphill battle? Consider two workers, John and Peter. Both have taken time off work because of lower back pain. John has a supporti...

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ReturnToWorkSA has partnered with Return to Work Matters to provide South Australian Return to Work Coordinators with a free online resource. This website gives coordinators access to practical injury management tools and instructive articles that summarize the findings of evidence based research.