PAIN FORUM – Assisting Compensable Patients to Self-Manage their Pain
The Hunter Pain Specialists team will deliver a practical, clinically focused educational webinar exploring the complex interplay between pain, injury, and compensation systems. The session will examine how workplace injuries and claims processes can influence psychological wellbeing and recovery outcomes, highlighting key social and emotional factors that impact patients navigating compensable care pathways.
Presentations will include a physiotherapy perspective on understanding persistent pain, including modern approaches to assessment, function, and rehabilitation beyond the acute injury model. The webinar will conclude with a multidisciplinary discussion on managing compensable persistent pain, bringing together psychological, medical, and allied health perspectives to support coordinated, patient-centred care and improved return-to-function outcomes.