Harvard Business Review May 11, 2021
By Dr. Jeff Krauss, Chief Medical Officer, Hinge Health
Chronic joint and back pain is one of the main reasons employees call in sick. It afflicts employees in every type or work, whether they’re sitting at desks or lifting heavy objects. And it costs employers lost workdays, lower productivity, and medical expenses on surgeries, opioid dependency, and depression and anxiety.
Annual health care costs for chronic back and joint pain hit $380 billion in 2016, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. And both employees and managers are aware of its impact.
Ninety percent of surveyed employees say people who experience chronic physical pain are more likely to be anxious and depressed, according to a Harvard Business Review...
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