Your Guide to Injury & Illness Recovery - read and resources for recovery

Sep 28, 2026

Your Guide to Injury & Illness Recovery presents insights and resources for managing the difficult intersection of medical care, legal process, insurance claims, disability determinations, and financial consequences after an injury or illness. The book emphasizes how disability systems can unintentionally create long-term disability rather than temporary impairment resolution. It explains the incentives and dynamics shaping outcomes and offers practical guidance informed by mind-body science to help readers regain control of their lives and health.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages224

Reading Time9 h 24 min

AccessFree to download

Overview

Challenging the Disability System

Practical Recovery Guidance

CHRISTOPHER R BRIGHAM,MD with HENRY BENNETT # Your Guide to Injuryand Illness Recovery Insights and resources fordealing with the mostchallenging medical,legal,insurance,disability,andfinancial issues Early praise for Living Abled and Healthy. “Living Abled and Healthy is an excellent resource for anyone facing,or helping others face,the challenge ofrecovering as fully as possiblefrom an injury or illness.Well-written and comprehensive for ageneral audience,particularly individuals who have been injured,itaddresses a real need. —BRIAN GoODYEAR,PHD(AUTHOR OF THE RELENTLESS PURSUITOF MEDIOCRITY) “Living Abled and Healthy puts forth an important message everyoneneeds to hear—our disability system often inadvertently creates disability rather than curing what should be temporary injuries.LivingAbled..explains the dynamics of the disability system.This should berequired reading for every medical student,insurance adjuster,lawyer,vocational rehabilitation counselor,and hearings officer! "As an occupational medicine physician I treated workers'compensation injuries for many years.I came to understand theincentives pulling injured workers from acute injury to permanentdisability.Living Abled.spells out how this may evolve despitethe best of intentions of both the injured worker and the treatingspecialists.If this book prevents even one injured worker from becoming permanently disabled,it will be worth the cost of the book athousand times over." —CHUCK KELLEY,MD,MPH,MBA(CHAIRMAN,OUTRIGGERENTERPRISES,INc.) “This book is a bible for anyone who really wants to be well.” —AVERYLWALLIS(HEALTHCARE CONSUMER) "Living Abled and Healthy is a comprehensive and helpful book aimedat those mired in the complex world of workers'compensation—thosewho feel overwhelmed,frustrated,angry,and afraid.By explaininghow the system works and doesn't work,how our bodies and mindsfunction,and giving practical advice,Living Abled.offers hope andprovides readers useful tools for getting their lives back.Written witha deep knowledge of the compensation system,work injuries,and thelatest in mind-body science,the authors point a way out of the tunnel.” —MARCOs IGLESIAS,MD,MMM(WORKERS'COMPENSATION ANDoCCUPATIONALMEDICINE MEDICAL DIRECTOR,MIDWEST EMPLOYERSCASUALTY COMPANY) “Living Abled and Healthy is a wonderful and unprecedented userguide tackling the enormous complexity of dealing with one's injuryand potential disability while facing the myriad variables of ourvarious disability systems.It addresses the delicate human factorsand motivators of various system players in refreshing candor, consistent with the authors'ultimate goal of empowering all patientsto take control of their situations and avoid becoming needlesslydisabled.Everyone will learn from this enormous effort;it shouldbecome mandatory reading for those working within disabilitysystems and those patients entering the minefield that these verysystems can become!” —BoB STEGGERT(RETIRED VICE PRESIDENT,CASUALTY CLAIMS, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL) “The biggest takeaway...is this:Every new day offers us the chance torecreate ourselves,to stay open to the moment.When we are not whowe were,we can become who we will be….We can learn from otherswho fully embrace life despite what some might see as impossiblebarriers.” —TARA WHITE,RN(AMERICAN CHRONIC PAIN AssoCIATION) "Injury,illness,and disability….can be maddeningly complex andfrustrating.Living Abled and Healthy will help anyone negotiatethis labyrinth and emerge a more complete and whole person." —LARRY DoSSEY,MD(AUTHOR OF REINVENTING MEDICINE ANDONE MIND) “Everyone is familiar with the concept of work-life balance.Yet,inour healthcare system,the ‘work'part is dramatically underweighted.Every day,thousands of physician-patient encounters end withouta single consideration of the effects of the injury or illness onemployment and productivity.The results of this negligenceare tragic.The authors boldly call out the perverse

FAQs

What problem does the book highlight about disability systems?

It argues that disability systems can inadvertently create disability rather than cure what should be temporary injuries. The book explains the system’s dynamics and incentives behind those outcomes.

Who is the book intended to help?

It targets people navigating workers’ compensation and disability complexity, including injured individuals and professionals involved in medical, insurance, legal, and rehabilitation processes.

What kind of support or tools does the book provide?

It explains how the system works and doesn’t work, covers how bodies and minds function, and offers practical advice and tools aimed at regaining full life and wellbeing.

Sep 28, 2026

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