Bob Wilson, Author of From Bob’s Cluttered Desk, reviews WCRI's new study on psychosocial factors (such as depression, fear, and poor coping skills) in physical therapy and recovery.

"For years, those of us in the workers’ compensation trenches have watched claims spiral out of control not because of the severity of the physical injury, but because of what’s happening between the injured worker’s ears. Now WCRI has done us all a favor by quantifying what every seasoned claims professional has suspected: psychosocial factors are rampant in workers’ comp claims, and they’re wreaking havoc on recovery outcomes."

"The new WCRI report, “Psychosocial Factors and Functional Outcomes Following Physical Therapy,” examines over 13,000 workers’ compensation patients with shoulder and knee injuries."

"The WCRI report doesn’t prescribe solutions, but it does something equally valuable—it provides hard data that makes it impossible to continue ignoring the elephant in the room. Or should I say, the elephant in the treatment room."

You can read the rest of Bob's take on our report on his blog.