Ep. 3 Pain in Practice—Workers' Compensation | David Elvish MACP

Chronic pain doesn’t exist in a vacuum, especially in the workers' compensation system. David Elvish offers practical insights into the clinical, psychological and systemic pressures shaping recovery. A must-listen for navigating pain where health, work and policy collide. David Elvish MACP is an APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist based in Newcastle, New South Wales who has worked in the field of vocationally-oriented injury and pain management for more than 30 years. David is currently a registrar in the specialist training program with the Australian College of Physiotherapists. He is also the managing director of Workplace Physiotherapy and co-director of Innervate Pain Management, working within a diverse interdisciplinary team. David has presented both nationally and internationally on the role of the physiotherapist in the management of patients with persistent pain. ----- Sophie Shephard MACP is a Wagga Wagga-based APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist, the founder of Vive Pain and Fatigue and a PhD candidate at Charles Sturt University. She has a special interest in pain, fatigue and invisible illness stemming from her own lived experience of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Matt Fa APAM is a Sydney-based physiotherapist with over a decade of experience across diverse clinical settings, currently he is working as senior physiotherapist in a tertiary pain centre within the Northern Sydney Local Health District. He has a passion for improving quality of life for people living with chronic pain and helping physiotherapists feel confident and supported in their practice.