Posts by Cecil Hershler

About Cecil Hershler

Cecil Hershler specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation and has been working in Vancouver since 1985. Over 25 years, he has interviewed more than 30,000 patients with chronic pain. Referrals to his clinic come mainly from family physicians and to a lesser extent from orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists and psychiatrists. More than 80 per cent of referrals involve work- and/or accident-related injuries and approximately 20 per cent of his patient population are injured workers engaged in the WCB/WorkSafeBC appeal process.

Injured workers with chronic pain: the serious human costs of the WorkSafeBC system

May 30, 2016

By Cecil Hershler

I have been a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation for over 30 years. A significant portion of my practice involves injured workers who have developed chronic pain and have been denied compensation by WorkSafeBC (WCB). Workers with injuries that heal in weeks or a few months are usually treated well by WCB and get… View Article