Safety
Construction’s Big Pain: How Imaging May Misdirect Care for Lower Back Soreness
Back injuries are the most common injury in construction, but despite billions of dollars spent on treating back pain, MRIs and other tests often fail to provide the information and therapy for the most effective treatment.
By Maja Jurisic
August 31, 2021
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Safety
by Maja Jurisic
Maja Jurisic, MD, CPE, is Board certified in emergency medicine and occupational medicine. She is a leader in applying research findings to improve patient care. Dr. Jurisic is a leading advocate of a pain scale alternative that is actively reducing opioid use. She has served as a consultant for eight states in a federal initiative to improve return to work/stay at work outcomes for injured employees.
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