By: Jonathan Rowell, Pharm. D., Pharmacist, Clinical Operations Pain management in workers’ compensation is continuing to shift as opioid prescribing declines and non-opioid alternatives gain traction. These changes reflect a growing emphasis on safety, function […]

Acute Low Back Pain: Be Careful what you Assume   Understanding Pain, Part 1 One of my physical therapy professors concluded a lecture by emphatically stating that the biggest piece of career advice he would impart […]

Article 6 – The Attorney  Your organization thinks it has a leadership issue. Sales have been lagging for the past two quarters. The latest marketing promotion has fizzled without the dramatic impact that was expected. […]

Article 4 – The Employer’s Perspective  There’s a classic learning activity used widely in schools and organizations in which a teacher or facilitator asks a group to watch a short video. Each attendee is then […]

Article 3 In clinical practice as a physical therapist, I quickly learned that there are many injuries and conditions that – following diagnosis - a patient learns about for the first time. A diagnosis of […]

By AM Stanco Article 2 – Provider   A Weak Back?   When Marvin, a warehouse worker, tweaked his back lifting a box, the narrative began writing itself.  Sound familiar? Assumptions, judgments and misconceptions can quickly take […]

Understanding Pain, Part 1 One of my physical therapy professors concluded a lecture by emphatically stating that the biggest piece of career advice he would impart was to never assume anything. As we exited the […]

Orlando, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- By now, it's well-known that a major contributing factor to the opioid crisis has been pain management practices, but as the past 10 to 15 years have seen a decline in […]