The phrase
"pain disability" refers to experiencing physical pain that affects a person's ability to do everyday activities. It means that someone's pain is so severe that it limits what they can do in their daily life.
Full definition
This is very troubling because «exaggerated symptoms» beyond what would be expected from the injury is a hallmark of
chronic pain disability.
The dominant role of psychosocial risk factors in the development of chronic low
back pain disability.
ONIWG has been given standing as an intervenor in a case that will, among other issues, consider whether workers» compensation boards should treat chronic
pain disability in the same manner as other workplace injuries and disease.
A Russian procedure developed in the 1950s gave those with crippling disabilities hope — if they could handle the pain
In fact, one study showed that 10 - weeks of yoga intervention combining breathing, stretching, strengthening and mindfulness exercises, increased quality of life, decreased fear avoidance beliefs, and
decreased pain disability in people who experienced non-specific chronic low back pain.
Arguments were presented to the Supreme Court of Canada in December 2002 that treating chronic
pain disability differently from other medical conditions was discrimination on the basis of disability and contravened the Canadian Charter of Rights.
The Supreme Court of Canada, in its 2003 landmark decision (Nova Scotia (Workers» Compensation Board) v. Martin; Nova Scotia (Workers» Compensation Board) v. Laseur, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 504), confirms the right to equality before the law of people with chronic
pain disability across Canada.
Proposes to remove entitlement for chronic stress, and restrict compensation for permanent chronic
pain disabilities based on a «predicted healing time»
Burden of
back pain disability in UK has increased from 1510 disability adjusted life years / 100,000 to 1634 DAlYs / 100,000 — an 8 % increase in spite of massive investments in back pain research and treatment.
The Ontario Network of Injured Workers» Groups (ONIWG) decided to intervene in the Appeal and support the recognition of
chronic pain disability.
Professor Martin Underwood, University of Warwick — co-author on the papers comments: «Our current treatment approaches are failing to reduce the burden of back
pain disability; we need to change the way we approach back pain treatment in the UK and help low and middle income countries to avoid developing high cost services of limited effectiveness.»
The Court recognizes that chronic
pain disability is real and disabling and that the Charter of Rights and essential human dignity require an individualized assessment of the injured workers» needs and circumstances the same as any other injury.
She explained how this new section of the Act removed benefits for all workers who have chronic
pain disability (CPD).
Some background on the case is that the Nova Scotia legislature passed a bill to limit benefits to workers with chronic
pain disability to four weeks.
Suggesting that such symptoms indicate deception perpetuates the type of stereotyping rejected by the workers» compensation system in the 1987 decision allowing chronic
pain disabilities, Decision 915.
Patients did not differ significantly in somatization and
pain disability.