Employers should have modified or alternative work for injured employees. And if there is no suitable light duty available, then the injured worker should be referred to a vocational rehabilitation facility. Because it is the cornerstone of rehabilitation, the association said. People who don't come back to light duties as soon as possible often get out of the habit of working and never return to work. They tend to suffer more from pain.
Work can be a distraction.
We all know that dwelling on pain, letting it dominate our thinking, seldom makes anyone feel better. J. Mark Melhorn, with the University of Kansas School of Medicine, says outcomes for injured workers don't occur in a vacuum. They can often depend upon social, psychological and economic factors. A workers' comp roadblock One of the roadblocks to getting people back as productive members of the work force is the very thing set up to protect them, the workers' compensation systems run by the various states and the federal government, Melhorn says. These patients often take longer to heal.