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Worker Instruction Handouts

Worker Instruction Handouts
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At the first visit, each worker will be given a packet which
include eight handouts. Please refer to them as directed
during the home visits. In addition, workers will receive a
copy of the brochure titled, Understanding Acute Low
Back Problems
,  by the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research. The worker handouts include:

  1. Low back pain information card

  2. Using medications effectively

  3. Safe lifting and moving

  4. Working effectively with your health care providers

  5. Back treatments and devices: What works and
    what doesn't

  6. Promoting a healing environment: Rest, nutrition, and stress management

  7. Keep moving: Exercise and fitness during recovery

  8. Maintaining a fitness program

  9. Snow Shoveling with Care

In addition to the handouts, two other items are included:

Health goal form (form for contracting with worker)

Chart form (to document each home visit)

 

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Last updated: January 29, 2001.