New Evidence-Based Therapy Treats the Disability, Not the Symptoms
Psychosocial factors play a deeper role in injury rehabilitation than originally suspected, and innovative therapies are seeing surprising success.
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Is the Aging Workforce Really a Workers’ Comp Risk?
As more Americans postpone retirement, employers are taking steps to optimize working conditions for their employees.
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Next Generation Healthcare: Targeting Psychosocial Barriers to Reduce Delayed Recovery Cases
Claims professionals have long known that some injured workers don’t recover, and not because their injuries are catastrophic or intrinsically unrecoverable.
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Research Emphasizes Benefits of Patient Education
Two recent studies found a positive relationship between education and patient results—validating the importance of patient education in driving positive outcomes, efficient return to work and overall cost savings.
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Statistics Spotlight: Physical Therapy Reduces Costs
For patients with a new episode of lower back pain, studies show a clinical pathway that begins with physical therapy rather than MRI reduces first-year treatment costs by 72%.
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MRI Prep: What’s With These Crazy Questions?
This post is designed to help patients prepare for the questions that come along with an MRI (short for magnetic resonance imaging).
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I’m Scheduled for an Initial Evaluation. Now What?
In physical therapy or occupational therapy, an initial evaluation is exactly what it sounds like: a first visit with a therapist, who examines and evaluates the injured worker’s condition. The IE allows the therapist to develop a course of treatment, which will contribute to the patient’s eventual return to work.
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Getting Injured Workers Back on the Job: The Employer’s Role
When it comes to getting an injured worker back on the job, employers bear a not-insignificant part of the responsibility. Here are five things employers can do to help get injured workers back on the job quickly and effectively.
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I’m Scheduled for an FCE. Now What?
What to expect before and during an FCE (functional capacity evaluation). Part of our Patient Advocacy Program.
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I’m Scheduled for an EMG/NCS. Now What?
What to expect before and during an EMG (electromyography) test or NCS (nerve conduction study) scan. Part of our Patient Advocacy Program.