Activity

Individually, as well as within your team, review the following resources, then complete the following activities:

1. Differentiate between acute and chronic pain. Do a web search to determine how these conditions are distinguished from one another

2. Review the following documents. Peruse the Workplace Safety Insurance Board legislation, and read WSIB's position on return to work. How does this impact on professionals who assess and intervene with clients with soft tissue injuries in the workplace?

3. What is disability management? Do a web-based search for disability management and disability case management and become familiar with this field of practice for return to work.

4. Review the assessment of a client using a Functional Capacity Evaluation. What is involved in completing an FCE? How was it used in Jim’s assessment? In general, what is the clinical utility of FCE in developing a return to work plan?