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It’s Time to Understand, Manage, and Prevent Manual Handling Injuries

Manual handling injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can present cause for concern in almost any workplace setting. However, in this guide to manual handling, we’re giving you all the information you need to know…

Rosa Smith6 November 2024

Bariatric

Seating Bariatric Patients: Common Mistakes, Challenges, and Risks in Healthcare Settings

Healthcare providers must take special care when addressing the unique needs of bariatric patients with low mobility. Clinicians, physiotherapists, nurses, and occupational therapists have highlighted the rising demand for guidance and support in managing…

Rosa Smith23 October 2024

Manual Handling

All You Need to Know About Manual Handling Risk Assessments

In the workplace, one of your primary responsibilities as an employer is to steer your team clear of operations that come with a high risk of injury. However, when avoidance is not practically feasible,…

Rosa Smith9 October 2024

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

DSE & Associated Health Issues: Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

Our increasing reliance on display screen equipment (DSE) can put your employees at risk of more physical and mental health issues than you might have realised. These risks include the risk of injury, mental…

Rosa Smith25 September 2024

Manual Handling

Mechanical Assistance, Equipment Maintenance, and Good Handling Techniques: The Keys to Keeping Your Team Safe

As we all know, workplace safety is a non-negotiable in any company, no matter your industry. As employers, you’re legally obliged to perform thorough risk assessments and then implement an all-encompassing safety strategy that…

Rosa Smith11 September 2024

Manual Handling

How to Manage Manual Handling Risks in Your Workplace: The Lowdown

Manual handling is a feature integral to many workplaces, and ensuring the safety of your workforce whilst they handle different loads couldn’t be more important. To guarantee that your workers maintain safe habits when…

Rosa Smith28 August 2024

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

It’s Time to Take a Break: Working with Display Screen Equipment

How many times have you got caught up in your work, only to glance at your watch and realise you’ve been sat staring at your computer for the past 2 hours? Today, many of…

Rosa Smith14 August 2024

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Your Working Environment & Why it Matters

Tight corridors, flickering lights, and uneven floors can all have highly detrimental effects on employee safety. Indeed, poorly managed workplace conditions often lead to increased risk of injury and illness, so knowing what we…

Rosa Smith17 July 2024

Manual Handling

Manual Handling Risks: Let’s Talk About the Importance of Managing Different Loads

Manual handling tasks are often carried out day in and day out across a huge variety of roles in many different types of industries. At Osteopaths For Industry, we’ve worked with the likes of…

Rosa Smith3 July 2024

Manual Handling

Mastering Manual Handling: The Task

We all know the important role risk assessments play in protecting our employees and ensuring regulatory compliance, especially when carrying out manual handling activities. So, in this blog post, we’re exploring the factors involved…

Rosa Smith19 June 2024

Back Pain of Pregnant Lady in Workplace Musculoskeletal

Health & Safety

Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing: Level-Up Your Team’s DSE Set-Up

Most of us begin a typical working day by checking our phones or laptops for emails or other communication from our colleagues. Often, this is the beginning of a day spent jumping from one…

Rosa Smith5 June 2024

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

What Makes a ‘DSE User’?

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that in the modern world, almost 90% of workers use Display Screen Equipment (DSE) to some extent in their day-to-day work. Not all of these people, however,…

Rosa Smith22 May 2024

Manual Handling

Mastering the Art of Safe Handling: Improve Your Team’s Technique

Whether it’s stacking shelves, moving furniture, or lifting boxes, manual handling is a fundamental aspect of many workplace activities, and adopting good handling techniques is crucial for putting a stop to workplace injuries and…

Rosa Smith8 May 2024

People Moving & Handling

Bariatric Moving and Handling: The Major Risks Involved in Moving and Handling Bariatric Patients in Hospital Settings

Providing care for bariatric patients in hospital settings introduces a range of unique challenges that require special consideration. Awareness of these risks is essential, as a thorough risk assessment and safe moving and handling…

Rosa Smith24 April 2024

Health & Safety

Individual Differences and Why They Matter: Workplace Musculoskeletal Health

As humans, we’re all different. We have different strengths, body sizes, fitness levels, and things we might need more support with, and this applies to our professional lives as well as our personal ones.…

Rosa Smith10 April 2024

Health & Safety Manual Handling

The 5 Most Common Manual Handling Injuries: Causes and Prevention

While there was a decrease in workplace injuries from 2000 to 2020, in the three years since the COVID-19 pandemic, manual handling injuries in the workplace have stopped declining and begun once more to…

Rosa Smith27 March 2024

Health & Safety

The Employees’ Guide to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which affect the back, joints, and limbs, can pose a vast array of challenges in the workplace. However, as an employee, there are steps you can take to address and manage…

Rosa Smith14 March 2024

Meet The Team

Meet The Team – Emma Tarpey

I’m Emma Tarpey, and I’m a physiotherapist, clinical specialist in complex handling, and moving/handling trainer.I completed my Physiotherapy degree with the intention of continuing on to veterinary Physiotherapy to complement my work in equine…

Rosa Smith4 March 2024

Meet The Team

Meet The Team – Agatha Brocheler

My name is Agatha Brocheler; I’m a registered osteopath and graduated with a master’s degree in Osteopathy from the British School of Osteopathy, which is the oldest and largest school of osteopathy in the…

Rosa Smith3 March 2024

Meet The Team

Meet The Team – Ailsa Hobkinson

Hi. I’m Ailsa Hobkinson. I'm a Chartered Physiotherapist, Ergonomist, and Moving & Handling Advisor. I gained my professional qualification in 1996 from Sheffield Hallam University, and more recently, I achieved a Masters degree in…

Rosa Smith2 March 2024

It’s Time to Understand, Manage, and Prevent Manual Handling Injuries

Seating Bariatric Patients: Common Mistakes, Challenges, and Risks in Healthcare Settings

All You Need to Know About Manual Handling Risk Assessments

DSE & Associated Health Issues: Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

Mechanical Assistance, Equipment Maintenance, and Good Handling Techniques: The Keys to Keeping Your Team Safe

How to Manage Manual Handling Risks in Your Workplace: The Lowdown

It’s Time to Take a Break: Working with Display Screen Equipment

Your Working Environment & Why it Matters

Manual Handling Risks: Let’s Talk About the Importance of Managing Different Loads

Mastering Manual Handling: The Task

Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing: Level-Up Your Team’s DSE Set-Up

What Makes a ‘DSE User’?

Mastering the Art of Safe Handling: Improve Your Team’s Technique

Bariatric Moving and Handling: The Major Risks Involved in Moving and Handling Bariatric Patients in Hospital Settings

Individual Differences and Why They Matter: Workplace Musculoskeletal Health

The 5 Most Common Manual Handling Injuries: Causes and Prevention

The Employees’ Guide to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Meet The Team – Emma Tarpey

Meet The Team – Agatha Brocheler

Meet The Team – Ailsa Hobkinson

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