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Whilst improving your own knowledge and expertise in return to work, it’s also important to educate and support employees in their time of need. Entering the workers compensation system, dealing with health problems and family commitments can be an overwhelming experience for an employee. Use our practical and informative articles and tools with the employee’s experience in mind, to help ensure everyone is on the same page.
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Lauren Finestone
A study suggests that some types of reassurance by doctors might be more helpful than others when dealing with pain conditions with no clear cause.
Lauren Finestone
A study shows what people who have rotator cuff-related shoulder pain want when it comes to education about their condition.
Lauren Finestone
Not everyone with persistent pain conditions can access specialised pain services. How effective are websites as a tool to help them manage their pain?
Lauren Finestone
It is now accepted that self-management is critical for people with chronic conditions. But what works best? And for which conditions? A comprehensive review of the evidence gives healthcare providers some ideas.
Lauren Finestone
By harnessing the science of tiny habits, injured or ill workers can make their RTW journey more manageable, sustainable and successful.
Lauren Finestone
An important message for healthcare providers to give injured workers is that working is good for their recovery and their health.
Lauren Finestone
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the emotional toll of involuntary retirement reminds us that being out of work for any reason — if we don't have control over the decision — is bad for our physical and mental health.
Lauren Finestone
Self-management of long-term pain conditions doesn’t just mean doing things to manage the physical symptoms of the condition. It can also involve other ways to improve overall quality of life — like job-crafting.
Lauren Finestone
For some people with back pain or other musculoskeletal conditions, self-management may mean finding a different job. An occupational rehabilitation consultant sets out 6 steps to successfully navigate a change in a career path.
Lauren Finestone
A legal expert talks about rights and responsibilities at work if someone has musculoskeletal condition.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Self-management of long-term musculoskeletal conditions 101 — the basics.
Lauren Finestone
A ‘recovering interventional spine physiatrist’ makes the case for spine clinicians paying more attention to what patients know and say about their low back pain.
RTWMatters team
Practical advice for people who experience persistent pain, based on the work of musculoskeletal therapist Ben Cormack.
Scott Coleman
Scott Coleman tells us about an important approach to injury prevention and return-to-work programs for workers
