Experts ID Tips for Managing Chronic Pain

One of the best ways to mitigate chronic pain issues in workers’ compensation is to keep people working, industry experts said in a special report by WorkCompCentral. Authors Dr. Steven Feinberg, Dr. Annu Navani and William Zachry said that quickly determining compensability and communicating the claim status to the worker, providing immediate and quality medical treatment and identifying delayed recovery factors are potentially beneficial steps. But working with the doctor and employer to encourage stay-at-work and return-to-work, even when it requires modified duties, is most importan...