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Decisions about surgery: The rock and the hard place

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Successful surgery starts with the best decision about whether surgery should be performed.

Garnering consensus on the importance of work to health

contributorGabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt

Occupational Physicians have brought together a broad group to join forces on changing beliefs and attitudes to being in work

The opiate trap

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

The use of opiates in chronic pain cases should be carefully monitored. Patients need a high level of support and a good understanding of treatment options.

Who's the boss?

contributorGabrielle Lis

The health and wellbeing of people with chronic illness improves when they become "self-managers". Are there lessons here for RTW?

Back to the past

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Back pain flare-ups are a normal part of recovery. In fact, there's a 50% chance it can occur.

SPICE up your injury management

contributorDr Mary Wyatt and Tom Barton

The SPICE treatment method is simple and proven since WWI. Here's what it stands for.

Decision-making: a job for sharing

contributorSuperDoc

There's no such thing as too many chefs in the problem-solving kitchen. For improved RTW, you need to share.

The ABC of CBT: Part Three

contributorGabrielle Lis

Who would benefit from CBT? How can you broach the subject of therapy in the workplace? How long does CBT take?

The ABC of CBT: Part Two

contributorGabrielle Lis

When you change your behaviour, you also change your thoughts, beliefs, feelings...and your rehab prospects.

The ABC of CBT: Part One

contributorGabrielle Lis

'C' is for 'Cognitive,' and thoughts aren't facts. Our cognitions determine how we make sense of the world and our experiences in it.

Are we asking the right questions?

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to patients at risk of poor return to work results.

The terrible two: UNDER-use and OVER-care

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Have you ever wondered why some musculoskeletal injuries don't resolve as quickly as they should?

Compensation: More painful than surgery?

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

There is a correlation between compensation and poorer surgical outcomes. What can be done to change it?

Making the most of a referral for pain management

contributorBronnie Thompson

A doctor may recommended a person attend pain management – what does this mean and how do you make the most of it?