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As anyone engaged in return to work will know, no two cases are the same. While most people return to work without difficulty, other people with the same injury or illness find return to work a challenge. Why is this so? Delving into cases helps understand the stories behind the outcomes. It helps identify positive and negative influences affecting employees within workplaces, and helps identify key strategies for successful return to work.
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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.
Lauren Finestone
An American industry expert’s personal experience of navigating the workers’ comp system is just as relevant in the Australian context.
Lauren Finestone
A call centre worker's throat discomfort reveals how workplace barriers can compound to transform a manageable health issue into a 6-month silent struggle that threatens wellbeing and career.
Lauren Finestone
A case study of a worker's plantar fasciitis reveals how addressing the full spectrum of an injury's impact — physical, psychological and social — creates the conditions for successful RTW.
Lauren Finestone
Two stories from Lived Experience Advisors in the Workers' Voice project offer insights into how the system works — and sometimes doesn't work — for those it serves.
Lauren Finestone
Using a navigation metaphor — including navigation tips for RTW professionals — we continue exploring a factory worker's journey to show how language barriers, cultural factors, passive coping strategies and unaddressed concerns can creat
Lauren Finestone
Using a navigation metaphor — including navigation tips for RTW professionals — we explore a factory worker's journey to show how language barriers, cultural factors, passive coping strategies and unaddressed concerns can create detours o
Lauren Finestone
A case study illuminates a critical aspect of healthcare — the mental health of those who care for others.
Lauren Finestone
When difficult workplace conversations don't happen, recovery stalls. Here's how better dialogue could have changed one teacher's story.
Lauren Finestone
Are you aware of your biases? Or are they unconscious? And what does this mean for how you make decisions in workers’ compensation?
Lauren Finestone
Empathy is not just a buzzword in workers' compensation. It’s a powerful tool that can transform our interactions with and lead to better outcomes for injured workers.
Lauren Finestone
Updated guidelines provide more detailed guidance on how to assess, treat and manage the rehabilitation of emergency workers with PTSD.
Dr Mary Wyatt
This webinar explores the effectiveness of a public health intervention implemented in Victoria, Australia, aimed at changing societal beliefs about back pain.
Lauren Finestone
Having a positive attitude can help recovery and RTW.
