Role of physical therapy in overcoming the barrier and adaptive behaviour for return to work in subjects with non-specifi c chronic low back pain: A qualitative study

Clinical investigation has revealed that individuals face challenges in adapting to their gruesome employee-roles after undergoing a back intervention program. The aim of this research was to investigate the back-rehabilitated patient's perspectives and understandings of the difficulties faced while adapting as employees. Research aimed to extract the patient's perspectives and understandings of barriers, facilitators and adaptive procedures which influenced their capability to continue their employee-roles. Qualitative investigation method was used for investigating the study topic. Focus groups comprised of broad questions followed by probing were utilized to obtain detailed descriptions about the client's understandings and perspectives. Recommendations involved developing the insight of stakeholders regarding early, valuable on-job training, initiating health-promotion by teaching in the workplace and in the society, along with improving flexible job and health policy. Results of the investigation signify that the goal of physiotherapy and extent of service to back injured patients needs to rebuild.