Dr. Phil McGraw
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Why am I paying you $200,000?
Well, I can't quote you the exact numbers, but I can tell you the trend.
And that is the longer you're off work, the less likely you are to ever return to work.
And I can tell you why the research says that's true.
And these are people that have legitimate injuries, for example.
I mean, truly have a back injury at work or something where they have to have fusions and that sort of thing.
First off, your identity changes.
Maybe you were a welder or a bus driver or something.
That was a big part of your identity.
Now your identity becomes patient and
Your social world, your friends become fellow patients.
You get up every day and you go to rehab, to back rehab, and you're doing all these exercises.
You say, well, we're going to have to get by with one car.