With most major disabilities, particularly those covered by workers’ compensation, restoring function to an injured worker can be a very complex problem. Disabilities that began with one injury are quickly compounded, as old medical problems beget new ones, and basic pain management spins out of control into full blown opioid overuse, misuse and/or abuse.

Routine medical care does little to solve these issues which frequently involve addiction, psychosocial issues, uncontrolled pain, polypharmacy, deconditioning, and co-morbid medical conditions.

Only by addressing the underlying psychosocial and opioid dependence issues can we hope to “restart” claimants on a better path -- one that can literally save their lives, free of the drugs and treatments which will otherwise cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.