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Gabrielle Lis
Early intervention programs for lower back pain aim to keep workers in the workplace. In order to see success, there needs to be an understanding of risk, and a targeting of appropriate supports.
Andrea Thompson
Safety incentive programs may reduce workplace injury rates but they can also cause under-reporting.
Andrea Thompson
The best work disability programs are broader than return to work management. Improving the health of the workforce reduces absenteeism, compensation costs and improves productivity.
Friyana Bhabha
People with chronic pain often suffer from other health problems, including anxiety and depression. Increased visits to the GP are likely too.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Long term claimants describe a system that is frustrating, does not consider their needs and misses out on treating them as an individual. No wonder they value knowledgeable, approachable health and compensation system providers.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Looking at barriers to return to work for those out of work for two years, as well as strategies that can help turn things around.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Chronic pain is challenging to manage. Dr Wyatt describes a hotel worker's persistent, disabling case of back pain - and the treatment changes that made all the difference.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Injured workers who have a sense of personal control over their situation have better return to work outcomes than those who feel powerless. RTW professionals have various options to help strengthen internal locus of control.
Dr Mary Wyatt
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. Over a decade on, it’s messages are still relevant.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Improved understanding about neck problems helps sufferers worry less, and focus more on what can be done to improve the situation. It also helps treaters, workplaces, insurers and policy makers.
Julian Fernando
Sick or injured people who believe they'll recover are more likely to do well than those who are less optimistic about their prospects
Jennifer Chate
This webinar draws from Jennifer Chate’s lived experience of psychological injury and return to work and offers practical insight into what supports recovery, reduces harm, and builds psychological safety
Dr David Beaumont
Join Consultant Occupational Physician Dr David Beaumont as he unpacks the hidden complexities behind return-to-work challenges and introduces Positive Medicine—a transformative approach that treats the whole person, not just the workplace absence.
Michael Lawrance, Dr Forbes Smith & Roscoe McCord
This webinar explores the promise and pitfalls of digital task analysis tools in return to work practice.
