Reassurance is an art at which treaters don’t always excel. This can have serious consequences for people with non-specific back pain since reassurance and self-care (not scans, prescriptions or referral to specialists) are the evidence-based gold standard in back pain care. Return to Work Coordinators should be aware of the pitfalls of bad reassurance and also the advantages of its opposite, genuine reassurance, described below. Dr Donald...

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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.

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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.