[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The theme for this year’s Back Care Awareness week is Back Pain in Nursing. Back pain is one of the most common causes of sickness absence and 80% of the population will suffer with back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain is one of the major disabling health conditions among older […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The theme for this year’s Back Care Awareness week is Back Pain in Nursing. Back pain is one of the most common causes of sickness absence and 80% of the population will suffer with back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain is one of the major disabling health conditions among older
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Here is a sweet little video demonstrating how you can improve your posture while on a laptop!
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We’ve talked a lot this week about pain. The ways we can help prevent it are not so difficult to understand. But pain itself is incredibly complex. Watch this video for a bit of information on pain.
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In addition to ensuring that your chair and monitors are arranged well and so that they don’t contribute to any back or neck pain, consider the other things you do at work and how to adapt them. If you use a phone, place it on your non-dominant side. This way you can answer the phone,
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After you’ve adjusted your chair, you can do some helpful basic adjustments to your monitor. Some key pointers: 1) Make sure your monitor is in front of you, and not to the side. This helps you avoid constant twisting of your neck. If you use two monitors equally, place them close to one another and
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According to the HSE, back pain from awkward or tiring positions in offices affected 53,000 people last year, and that the second most common cause of workplace related back pain occurred in heavy desk users (so called keyboard related problems). This number is a decrease from previous years – and it is thought that a
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Everyone in London with back pain seems to ask about memory foam mattresses or toppers. A mattress made of memory foam is supposed to be a dream, and a topper is supposed to revitalise your mattress for a good night’s sleep and get rid of back pain that is caused by a poor or
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The week of 7th to 11th October marks Back Care Awareness week. This year’s campaign stresses the needs of those who care for others – ‘Caring for the Carers’. On top of those who do paid caring work, over 70% of the UK’s unpaid carers now suffer from back pain, and are a greater risk
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