ABSTRACT
Specific to back injuries, it is outrageously common for health care practitioners to keep the injured workers returning to their offices every few weeks, collecting the workers' compensation money while doing nothing but pushing pills or spinal adjustments. The author advises companies to have at least one key, qualified individual per 2,000 employees who has responsibility for controlling all workers compensation costs and lost time accidents. Rochester Pittsburgh Coal Company hired a woman to manage cases for their 3,500 employees and she is doing a magnificent job of getting an out-of-control problem back under control. Both men and women are likely to have recurrent low back trouble if the back and abdominals are weak and hamstrings too tight. Some physical therapists have believed they could leave a hospital environment and establish their own private practices by working for a doctor.
