Treatments given for pain relief are recommended primarily on the basis of consensus. Long term physiotherapy without multidisciplinary evaluation is not justified. I WAD requires a specialized consultation at three weeks and a mandatory multidisciplinary consultation after six weeks. For Gd II and III WAD, specialized consultation for unresolved cases should take place at six weeks and mandatory multidisciplinary consultation at 12 weeks. I patients with persisting problems should be reassessed in seven days, and Gd II and II WAD patients who have not returned to usual activity in three weeks should be reassessed.
Most people recover.
In the Quebec study, median time to recovery was 31 days. There are big differences from province to province. Most people recover over one year. Risk of developing arthritis is not clear.