Health At Work

Since the early 1990's, with the introduction of the practical and sensible EU Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1992), every employer is obliged to provide a safe working environment for their employees. Surprisingly, despite good compliance by the majority of businesses, many people continue to report significant levels of discomfort whilst at work: Why?

Whilst at work we engage in tasks which place strains on our bodies which may eventually produce pain. Pain of spinal origin is prevalent in the adult population, and may relate to display screen work; manual handling and lifting; driving; repetitive physical tasks, or poor working postures. The check-list assessment required by Health and Safety Law is often not enough to make people really comfortable at work: a chartered physiotherapist is a medical clinician trained to recognise and treat the causes of pain and to individually adapt working areas to suit individual needs.

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Corporate Fitness Programmes

The majority of modern workers are employed in mainly sedentary tasks. For general health and well-being it is recommended that adults undertake 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity at least 5 times per week. We know that sedentary workers who break up their working day with a variety of physical tasks are less prone to musculoskeletal injury and to stress related ill-health.

Some employers are able to provide on-site exercise facilities, but the uptake of these is limited and is frequently confined to those who would take exercise anyway. Corporate fitness programmes can be designed and implemented that can either optimise the use of existing facilities, or simply use the great outdoors to encourage employees to become more active either as individuals or in groups.

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