Having delivered training to Rehabilitation Consultants in this industry for many years, I continue to be amazed at the seemingly simple things that get missed in the pursuit of doing the job at hand. One of those things that appears to get missed is actually understanding the referral and what's really being asked of us as consultants. Things like... ·        Why is this person being referred? ·        What does this person know about why they are being referred? ·        What has … [Read more...]

I have recently finished working with a rehabilitation client. After 2 years of sickness and fatigue she is now back at work in a variety of freelance capacities. However, when she first came to me, she was fraught with difficulties: she had very little understanding of her conditions, of her functional capacity and seemed unwilling to accept that she had a 2 year benefit period that was fast approaching its end. We had a musculoskeletal diagnosis, a mental health diagnosis and a fatigue … [Read more...]

What is Good Rehab? Where does Good Rehab start and who is responsible for Good Rehab? I am sure that these are questions many rehabilitation professionals have been pondering since time began. How do we know if Rehab is Good? We all know that Rehab and RTW - with the way it currently looks today, with how it so often operates in it's own silo - isn't working. We have so much evidence telling us that a truly integrated approach to recovery rehabilitation and rehabilitation is … [Read more...]

Good Rehabilitation (recovery and RTW)  is about knowing the right thing to do at the right time.  Good rehabilitation professionals will step outside of the “process” and help the key influencers understand what the right step is, at the right time. When coupled with collaboration and accountability this is when Good Rehabilitation becomes powerful and transformative. Let me explain what I mean by the right thing at the right time... Melissa (not her real name) was in the final 4 months … [Read more...]