Articles tagged under ‘Treatment approaches’

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• Webinar recording: Effective physical rehab

  The injured worker needs and deserves it.

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• A basic introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  Learn the basics about Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most effective forms of counselling.

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• Webinar recording: Physiotherapists and return to work

  This panel discussion explores physiotherapy strategic approaches to improve return to work and the worker's health outcomes.

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• Prehabilitation: improving the results of surgery

  Prehabilitation is an approach to aid people recover from surgery and increase the likelihood of a good outcome.

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• Dr Melita Giummarra: Injury, Compensation and Perceptions of Injustice

  Monash University in association with the Transport Accident Commission conducted a study into perceptions of injustice, chronic pain and pain-related disability.

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• Orebro: the questionnaire you need to know about

  The Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (or OMPQ) used to be known as the Acute Back Pain Screening Questionnaire.

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• Self-Management: training the treaters

  Self-management is a vital part of recovery from illness, but how can treaters be trained to encourage self-management in their patients?

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• Telephone coaching: for people with chronic diseases

  Telephone counselling has become an increasingly popular method for providing health education, and advice on managing symptoms. It also offers emotional support at difficult times.

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• On Being a Company Doctor

  Dr James Crompton discusses the challenges and rewards of working as a company doctor.

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• Role Summary: Treaters

  The term, 'treaters' includes general practitioners, medical specialists and allied health professionals who provide medical assistance to ill or injured workers.

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• Role Summary: Rehabilitation Providers

  Rehabilitation providers are multidisciplinary organisations which employ professionals from a range of health disciplines.

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• Role Summary: Exercise Physiologist

  Exercise Physiologists are Allied Health professionals who focus on therapeutic physical exercise. They use exercise as medicine.

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• Making the most of a referral for pain management

  What does it mean and how to make the most of it.

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• What is the difference between cancer and whiplash?

  “When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured” - Chekov

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• My dickie neck: A personal tale

  Dr Mary Wyatt shares her experience as both clinician AND neck ache sufferer and concludes that self-management beats the medical route.

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• Recorded Webinar: Physiotherapy - how to get the best

  Occupational physiotherapy expert Paul Coburn explains the principles of good physiotherapy and how you can positively influence practitioners.

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• Decisions about surgery: The rock and the hard place

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

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• Who's the boss?

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

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• Back to the past

  Back pain flare-ups are a normal part of recovery.

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• SPICE up your injury management

  The SPICE treatment method is simple and proven since WWI.

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• Are Docs Asking the Right Questions?

  To treat the patient we need to know the patient

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• The ABC of CBT: Part Three

  In which we ask: Who would benefit from CBT? How can you broach the subject of therapy in the workplace? How long does CBT take?

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• The ABC of CBT: Part Two

  In which we - and injured worker Ms W - learn that when you change your behaviour, you also change your thoughts, beliefs, feelings...and rehab prospects.

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• The ABC of CBT: Part One

  In which we - and injured worker Ms W - learn that 'C' is for 'Cognitive,' and that thoughts aren't facts.

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• The terrible two: UNDER-use and OVER-care

  Ever wondered why some musculoskeletal injuries don't resolve as quickly as they should?

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• Compensation: More painful than surgery?

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

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• Making the most of a referral for pain management

  What does it mean and how to make the most of it.

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• Is a person capable of doing the job - are we capable of assessing this?

  How do doctors assess a person's ability to work?

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• Patient styles, distress, and what they get

  How patients communicate has an important influence on the treatment they receive.

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• Getting real with advice for time off work

  Let's put some evidence behind sick certificates

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• Keeping a lid on opiates

  While opiates are valuable for treating severe pain, doctors need to exercise more caution towards opiate prescriptions, according to a paper by Simon Holliday.

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• The neck vs. the shoulder

  Why we should look carefully.

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• Musculoskeletal conditions: Part two - dealing with MSDs

  How do you deal with musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace?

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• Musculoskeletal conditions: Part one - a primer

  Musculoskeletal disorders are a leading cause of compensated injury, but what exactly are they?

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• Communicating with doctors: the finer points

  Dr Robyn Horsley explains the issues when communicating with a treating doctor.

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• Ten tips for communicating with doctors

  Dr Robyn Horsley gives us ten tips for great communication with the treating doctor.

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• Discussing surgery

  Help workers understand the options and outcomes

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• Profession profile: OT

  If your injury management program isn't bridging the gap between the workplace and the doctor's office, an Occupational Therapist could help...

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• Life in the slow lane

  The pace of return to activity after an accident or injury is dictated by more than just physical limitations. Here are seven secrets to help you get back up to speed.

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• Coaching for chronic health

  When a health insurer offers support after a potentially life-threatening diagnosis, Antonia agrees to learn how to self-manage her chronic condition. Does the coaching provide value for money?

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• Mind power

  Psychologist Colin Thompson introduces us to Mindfulness Therapy, which has been shown to assist people with problems including anxiety, chronic pain and addiction.

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• Rehab Providers a mystery to you?

  This Q&A for employers covers the Who, What, When and How of Rehabilitation Providers

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• Acupuncture explained

  Researchers now know how tiny, drug-free needles kill pain. This briefing paper covers what acupuncture is, and what it's good for.

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• Opioids: Q & A

  Are opioids a safe and effective treatment for acute pain? How about chronic pain? What are the risks and benefits?

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• I'm having communication strain with back pain

  Responding to a reader's request for help to help.

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• Do occ docs do it better?

  If patients who see an occupational doctor get better results, why isn't it common practice?

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• Doctor, doctor give 'em the news

  We consider why doctors fail to communicate well about return to work, and offer strategies for helping them tell their patients what they need to hear.

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• Recovery from spinal surgery

  Spine surgeons who've had spinal surgery provide the know-how for this briefing paper on recovery and RTW.

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• Top ten tips for dealing with the Doc

  Is "bad medicine" delaying RTW at your organisation? Our latest top ten will help sweeten your relationship with medical practitioners...

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• Is work good for you? Professor Kim Burton explains the UK's changing answer

  In this interview with UK expert we learn that modern vocational rehabilitation is not about delivering an expensive service.

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• Dr Hari Dhir on doctor-patient communication (part 2)

  The second half of Dr Dhir's doctor-patient communication insights.

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• Rehabilitation of cancer patients - addressing a lack

  Why is it then that cancer survivors have less access to help with rehabilitation post-treatment?

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• How to help return to work after a mild traumatic brain injury

  The importance of recognition and education in RTW after a mild traumatic brain injury and groups for whom the process is more difficult.

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• Before and after a brain injury

  What is a brain injury and how should it be managed?

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• Job opportunity: Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research

  Care to take a step up into research in the role of self-management on vocational rehabilitation outcomes?

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• Something to think about

  The way we think and process information can lead to avoidable errors.

Research 1 - 20 of 20

• Severity of bipolar disorder does not determine disability level

  This study sought to understand whether patients with bipolar disorder admitted to hospital had a greater level of disability than those who had not been.

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• Research short: Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain

  Researchers have found spinal manipulative therapy yields small improvements in chronic low back pain, but have questioned the practice's cost-effectiveness.

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• Research short: Exercise and the treatment of chronic pain

  Researchers have developed an effective treatment for the vexing condition of Fibromyalgia through a detailed and prolonged exercise regimen.

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• Research short: Work is good for you, but...

  The UK's treating practitioners say that work is beneficial, but how do they actually behave when making recommendations about back problems?

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• Research short: Mixed opinions

  When dealing with complex or ambiguous medical problems, only half of treating practitioners come to the same conclusions about RTW.

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• A caring doctor is an important predictor of the success of return to work programs

  Return to work programs are more likely to have positive outcomes if participants have a stable relationship with a doctor who is attentive and empathetic, and provide good information about health and social options.

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• Overtreatment HURTS

  The US demonstrates how overtreating back pain causes more pain.

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• Coaching the chronically ill

  Education, behavioural change and support: Effective coaching methods to assist patients

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• Opioid use: less is better for back pain?

  Treatment with opioids delays return to work and prolongs symptoms

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• Self management strategies: Coaching the coaches

  Many 'self care' coaches have no formal training. Does coaching the coaches improve performance?

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• Working for wellness

  On the job rehabilitation can improve outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities.

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• I'll need a sick leave certificate too, doc...

  What prevents doctors from applying best clinical practice when issuing certificates for sick leave?

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• Taking control of arthritis

  Psychosocial approaches to managing arthritis help sufferers make the most of medical care.

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• Does "talking cure" fight depression?

  Psychotherapies are an important but underutilised part of depression treatment

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• Approaches to managing chronic pain in the workplace - the evidence

  How do we diagnose and treat chronic pain?

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• Multidisciplinary rehab costs $$. Is it worth it?

  A comparison of the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation and standard care in the treatment of neck and shoulder pain.

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• Manners Matter: doctors' behaviour influences return to work and recovery of injured workers

  A study looking at factors influencing the return to work and recovery of injured workers in California

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• Get off your backside to improve your back!

  Home exercise is a cheap and effective way to improve back pain

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• School of (back) pain!

  Brief, face-to-face education works best for chronic LBP rehabilitation

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• Lifting expectations brings results

  Advice for health professionals about the best attitudes for patients to adopt on the road to recovery.