{"id":22015,"date":"2025-12-09T23:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/?p=22015"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:41:44","slug":"acc-update-life-doesnt-have-to-stop-after-a-sprain-or-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/acc-update-life-doesnt-have-to-stop-after-a-sprain-or-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Update &#8211; Life\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0have to stop after a sprain or strain\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22015\" class=\"elementor elementor-22015\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3600ee8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3600ee8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5c36d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd5c36d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Life doesn\u2019t have to stop after a sprain or strain  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495e033 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"495e033\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e828db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e828db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sprains and strains account for over 1.3 million claims each year and millions of lost workdays.\u00a0\u00a0Too much rest can slow recovery &#8211; gentle movement and suitable duties at work can support quicker recovery and improved mental wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p><p>ACC\u2019s new campaign shows how active recovery and staying connected to the workplace can help people recover faster and return to wh\u0101nau, work and life, sooner.\u00a0<\/p><p>ACC has developed some new recovery at work online resources and short videos for employers and their injured employees, especially those with low-complexity injuries like sprains and strains, including:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>practical guides for active recovery\u00a0<\/li><li>expert guidance from a physiotherapist to\u00a0assist\u00a0injured employees, including information on why \u2018rest is not always best\u2019 and how gentle movement supports recovery from a sprain or strain<\/li><li>videos and tips on the power of connection, and how to start a conversation with your injured employee about returning to work<\/li><\/ul><p>ACC has also updated its weekly compensation information online with\u00a0new resources\u00a0and videos, to help injured workers understand if their eligible for weekly compensation, how to apply, how weekly compensation works when\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0recovering at work, and when\u00a0they\u2019ll\u00a0get paid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>One of the biggest concerns for injured workers is knowing whether\u00a0they\u2019ll\u00a0continue to receive payments during recovery. These online resources serve as a helpful reference for employers to share with their injured employees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The\u00a0new resources\u00a0are designed to save time, make recovery easier, and help people return to what matters sooner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Explore the online resources and share them with your teams:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.co.nz\/get-back-to-what-matters-sooner?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=BEC_Strategic_Partner_comms&amp;utm_content=BEC_promotion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get back to what matters, sooner<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.co.nz\/im-injured\/financial-support\/weekly-compensation?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=strategic_partner_comms&amp;utm_content=weekly_comp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weekly compensation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410ccee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"410ccee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22010\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACC0833_BE_Work_8_3572_1x1-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC\u2019s new campaign shows how active recovery and staying connected to the workplace can help people recover faster and return to wh\u0101nau, work and life, sooner.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22015"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22022,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015\/revisions\/22022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}