Articles tagged under ‘Arm’

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• Guidelines on shoulder rotator cuff problems

  Flow charts detailing shoulder pain treatment

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• Work and shoulder problems

  The connection between work and shoulder problems

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• Rotator cuff troubles - video presentation

  Shoulder problems are the second most common work-related musculoskeletal problem. Here's an overview of rotator cuff conditions, the most common cause of shoulder problems.

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• Shouldering on

  A fact sheet about shoulder pain, including workplace contributions and solutions

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• Tennis elbow fact sheet

  A down-the-line serve about work and tennis elbow, including good news about recovery and prevention.

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• Doubling up on a frozen shoulder diagnosis.

  An older worker develops frozen shoulder after a fracture injury. After several months of rehabilitation her condition begins to slowly improve. But before long the same problem starts to develop in her other shoulder.

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• Ignoring a problem will only make it worse.

  A cleaner works through increasing pain levels for more than two years before reporting her difficulties. By this time she is unable to perform her pre-injury duties and is forced into a longer term rehabilitation program.

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• When return to work works best

  RTW Matters interviewed 57-year-old 'Sally', who went straight back to work after sustaining a shoulder injury. We learn what helped - and what didn't.

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• Loss of motivation is common when people remain on part-time modified duties

  A project manager develops an overuse injury and is still on part-time restricted duties after many months.

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• Shoulder and elbow pain: which treatments work?

  The evidence for and against some of the most common treatments for shoulder and elbow pain.

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• Prime RTW

  If an 80 year old butcher with a twice-torn rotator cuff sounds like a tough RTW gig, meet Keith Schwarze from Queensland, whose love for his job made him determined to work again.

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• Research short: Managing arm pain in computer users

  Ergonomic keyboards can help reduce the effects of recurrent arm pain in office workers.

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• Research short: Armed against arm pain

  Reducing repetitive work is not the only option to consider when attempting to accommodate arm pain in the workplace.

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• Arm pain and RTW - work modifications that work

  Lessons learnt from an integrated case management approach for arm problems

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• Success with systems at work for shoulders

  Shoulder problems are common. Having a standard management system in place can streamline return to work.

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• Shoulder pain out of the way

  Rotator cuff treatments that work...and a couple that don't!

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• Success with shoulders?

  Rotator cuff treatments that work...and a couple that don't!

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• Shoulder and elbow pain - which treatments work?

  Evidence for and against common treatments for shoulder and elbow pain.