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The Importance of Stretching When Working from Home
Working from home has become the new normal, as we comply with lockdown and social distancing measures to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. For some, this is the […]
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Posted Back Pain in the Workplace – Employer Responsibilities
Our businesses are literally built on the backs of our workers. Understand employer responsibilities when it comes to back pain at work. Backcare Awareness week offers the health and safety […]
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Musculoskeletal and Mental Health Disorders in the Workplace
Pamela Gellatly Pamela Gellatly of Healthcare RM looks at the link between musculoskeletal and mental health disorders in the workplace and how organisations need to join the dots to reduce […]
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Posted Managing Workplace DSE – How to Make It Easy
Managing workplace DSE can be complex and time consuming. In this article we explain what the risks can be, what you can do as a business and considerations which can […]
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Posted Headlines Are Misleading. Parents Should Worry About Screentime, But Not For Those Reasons
A recent systematic review of screen use by children in the British Medical Journal has been followed by comment from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) suggesting […]
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Posted BAX-U Case Study at Seattle City Light
Keith Osborne Recently Seattle City Light decided to augment their employee wellness programme by trailing BAX-U posture devices. Keith Osborne and Dr Romina Ghassemi share the results of their [...]
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Posted Back Health in Schoolchildren – We Can’t Ignore it any Longer
Back pain in pupils is a growing problem, says Lorna Taylor, and the time to act is now. Studies show 72 per cent of primary and 64 per cent of […]
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Working with the bump
The muscles of the pelvis relax due to the release of the hormone relaxin. This softens the pelvis and stretches it in preparation for delivery of the baby. Several joints, […]
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Posted Modern technology causing child health ‘time bomb’ as tens of thousands of children face a lifetime of back pain misery
Poor posture and careless use of desk-based / hand-held technology pose serious health risk to young people Stress and strain on developing bodies will lead to serious physical disorders and […]
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Posted Healthyworking+ app now available to BlackBerry users
Healthyworking+, the exciting new smartphone app from Cardinus Risk Management, has now been released on the BlackBerry platform. Healthyworking+, is designed to promote well-being and reduce the [...]