One-hour Back Care and Posture Workshops (face to face)
Manual Handling
The manual handling workshop is designed to provide general information that benefits any workers carrying out manual handling tasks. It can also be tailored to suit the specific needs of your company. The workshop covers the following information and advice:
- Introduction to manual handling
- Health risks
- Posture and correct handling techniques
- Understanding risks
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Work routines and environment
Preventing Back Pain and RSI
The 60-minute preventing Back Pain and RSI (repetitive strain injury) workshop focuses on the most significant and costly work-related illnesses. This workshop is designed to build worker awareness and understanding of common risks and causes of back pain and RSI in the working environment. In addition attendees receive details of effective pain prevention and management techniques.
- Back pain and causes
- RSI and causes
- The spine and other important structures
- Posture (muscles, flexibility and correction basics)
- Preventing pain
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Managing pain
Importance of Posture Workshop
The 60-minute posture workshop specifically focuses on the importance of good posture in preventing the onset of pain at work. This workshop is provided as an alternative to Back Pain and RSI for clients where poor working postures among employees are of particular concern.
- The importance of good posture
- Correct standing posture
- Correct seated posture
- Improving and strengthening posture
- Protecting your posture (work routines, stress)
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Postural stretches and exercises
Health and Safety at Your Workstation
- Workstation health risks explained (musculoskeletal disorders, stress, etc)
- Seated posture and chair set-up
- Equipment features and set-up
- Pain prevention stretches and exercises