Foods that can help prevent and control arthritis Arthritis affects around 10 million people in the UK. There are several forms of the condition, the most common being osteoarthritis which affects around 8 million. While the condition mainly affects older people, and in particular women, it...
Why do I keep suffering from low back pain? Low back pain (LBP) is a common source of pain for many adults. LBP has and continues to puzzle most clinicians in pain services and patients complaining of these symptoms. But why does back pain seem to...
Spinal Pain Exercises - Choosing The Best One Many patients visit physiotherapists for spinal pain. Spinal pain can be divided into four main areas: 1. Neck pain 2. Upper back (thoracic) pain 3. Lower back (lumbar) pain 4. Pelvic (coccyx and sacroiliac joint) pain Although pain in those four different areas...
In terms of corporate wellness there is much that can be learned from sports science; in particular, the training regime that top coaches employ when they are responsible for training elite athletes. The objective is to achieve the right balance between imposing adequate levels of...
Ergonomics is essentially about creating a work environment that is in harmony with the people who work in it. As a result, the risk of injury is reduced, working is more comfortable and less tiring, and quality and productivity are improved. Ergonomics achieves this by...
Everybody knows that it is important to warm up before undertaking strenuous exercise, but are you aware of the benefits of warming up before starting your working day? Here we will look at some of the physiological and psychological effects of warming up, and how...
In the United States around 149 million workdays a year are lost due to back pain at a cost of between $100 billion and $200 billion a year. In the UK back pain is the commonest disability suffered by young adults, with over 15 million...
Corporate wellness programs are becoming progressively more popular among employers as a way of reducing costs related to employee unhealth. Studies have shown that for every single dollar invested in wellness, medical costs are reduced by three dollars (Baicker, 2010). Employees who feel healthier tend...
Ergonomics is primarily concerned with establishing a fit between the workplace and the people who work within it. Over recent years, people have become much better informed over the benefits of keeping healthy, and they are more likely to be involved in sports and physical...
Life is better and we live longer when we stay healthy. Businesses want healthy employees; they are the ones who produce more, who take fewer days off work, and cost less in health care. Corporate wellness has become a big issue in both the United...