by Chas Wilkinson | 31, Jan 2017 | All, Assessments, Health & wellbeing
Injury and chronic pain can change a life so dramatically that it can lead to major depression and all that goes with it. There is even evidence of this link going back to the 1500s, when King Henry VIII, a seemingly happy and healthy person for a large part of his...
by Chas Wilkinson | 12, Dec 2016 | Health & wellbeing, All
When pain happens, the first reaction is often a script for medication. Sometimes this can be very necessary too — after all, people have daily lives to get on with! But while medication can bring temporary relief, what about in the longer term? If a person’s...
by Chas Wilkinson | 12, Dec 2016 | Workers Comp, All, Legislation
Stricter return to work provisions in NSW are giving injured employees greater financial assistance to get back on the job. One of the most important objectives of any workers compensation system is to ensure that injured employees are returned to suitable jobs as...
by Chas Wilkinson | 12, Dec 2016 | Assessments, All, Occupational therapists
Both clinic assessments and screening in the home have their part in practice, so what is the best tool to use to collect outcome measures? While is it known we need to choose tools that are specific and sensitive to what we are attempting to measure, the debate...
