Mara Baer is a writer, speaker, and health policy consultant offering services through her women-owned small business, AgoHealth, LLC. She serves as a member of the National Pain Advocacy Center’s Science and Policy Council and has lived with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome or nTOS for over 10 years. She has also recently launched a chronic pain newsletter called Chronic Pain Chats.
There is some acknowledgment by employers of their pain problem, but this awareness is not universal. This demonstrates a clear need for solutions that tackle not only health care costs, but absenteeism, the impact to presenteeism, and overall productivity.