Blog Category: 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

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

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

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Embracing Ergonomics: Working Safely with Display Screen Equipment (DSE)

Embracing Ergonomics: Working Safely with Display Screen Equipment (DSE) From checking emails, proofreading a document, joining a meeting, or even sending a text – both our office work and daily routines are highly dependent…

Rosa Smith14 February 2024

Employee Wellbeing Risk Assessment & Management Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Protecting Your Employees’ Musculoskeletal Health: Preventing Upper Limb Disorders in the Workplace

As an employer, protecting your employees' musculoskeletal health is critical to ensuring a safe and productive working environment. Upper limb disorders (ULDs) pose a significant risk to workers, causing discomfort and affecting their overall…

Rosa Smith6 December 2023

Manual Handling People Moving & Handling Training methods Workstation Safety & DSE Training

It’s All About The Base!

“Your feet are one of the most overworked, underappreciated, and undervalued body parts, and they deserve your attention!” Lloyd Williams, MB BS FRCS (Tr&Orth) London-Based, Leading Consultant Specialist Foot and Ankle SurgeonWhen we’re rushing from…

OFI Training Team16 May 2023

Woman appearing to be suffering from lower back pain

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Back Pain Top Tips

Back pain is one of the most common reasons for people in the UK to see a doctor or take time off work. Business woman with pain in lower back Modern day life of…

OFI Training Team23 October 2022

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Is Sitting the new Smoking?

What would you choose if you were asked to come up with an iconic posture that sums up our 21st century lifestyle? Sadly, I suspect, many of us would visualise someone bent-double over their…

OFI Training Team6 April 2021

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Working from home

Tips for setting up your computer workstation & staying physically healthy when homeworking Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, many people are now working from home, and for most of us, this will be…

OFI Training Team24 March 2020

Risk Assessment & Management Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Cutting-Edge DSE Risk Assessment tool from Osteopaths for Industry

Are you responsible for the health and safety of your colleagues? Do they use computers at their desks? The latest report from the Office of National Statistics states that the most common reason for…

OFI Training Team21 August 2019

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Workstation Safety & DSE Training

How to reduce desk-related aches and pains

Are you one of the silent majority of desk workers that suffer from some form of arm, neck, shoulder or back pain due to a ‘workstation’ that is not correctly fitted to you? You…

OFI Training Team23 January 2019

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

The Mobile Technology Explosion

Technology is an immense and constantly evolving sector from which a new device seems to be launched every week, the advance in the development of mobile computer devises have allowed us the flexibility to…

OFI Training Team10 November 2018

Business woman with neck pain sitting at a computer workstation

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Are We Getting Musculoskeletal Conditions from Technology?

Technology continues to evolve and become an integral part of our daily lives at a frightening pace. The Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Regulations and Guidance from the HSE offers help and advice for the…

OFI Training Team23 September 2018

Carole Waltens - OFI trainer and DSE Assessor

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

The Importance of Adjusting Your Chair Correctly

Carole Waltens - OFI trainer and DSE Assessor Carole Waltens, Senior DSE Assessor and Physiotherapist - OFI, talks about adjusting your chair correctly. For the majority of us, an office based working role…

OFI Training Team11 July 2018