The State Board of Workers’ Compensation requires that an employer have at least one panel physician who specializes in orthopaedic surgery. Many injured employees are puzzled at exactly what that means.
Orthopaedics is a branch of medicine that addresses the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments. As many work injuries involve broken bones, herniated spinal discs, and joint trauma, these physicians are essentially “bone and muscle doctors.”
Also, orthopaedists may (more…)
