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Tag: Back Pain

  • Back care in schools

    School children and their teachers have been the focus of this year’s BackCare Awareness Week 2011.

    Schoolchildren and their teacher reading in primary class

    Young backs are being damaged by overweight schoolbags and badly designed chairs, while thousands of nursery, infant and primary school teachers are suffering in silence from back problems.

    If you would like to be part of this exciting campaign, the BackCare website has more information and teachers packs. 

    School bags

    BackCare Active Backpacks
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    Carrying overweight school bags and badly designed backpacks is leading to arise in back problems among young people.  These range from mechanical back pain to the more serious Scoliosis.

    Young peoples spines are actively growing and at this crucial sage in their development, it is important to consider what they are carrying on a day to day basis.

    BackCare have a range of specially developed Active Backpacks which help spread the load

    School chairs

    As practitioners, we are seeing more and more people with back problems related to school seating and whilst we appreciate that cost and durability is paramount, the design of many school chairs is unsuitable for their purpose.

    Carlisle Business Supplies - School seating
    A full range of school seating for all ages is available from Carlisle Business Supplies

    Seats that slope backwards force students to bend too far forward to reach the desk.  Students are forced to swing on the front legs of the chair to make it tip forward or perch themselves uncomfortably on the edge of the seat.

    Teachers, especially of the younger age groups often sit on the smaller chairs to bring themselves to the same level as the children.  This results in back injury and conditions such as Trochanteric Bursitis.

    Make sure your school’s ergonomic assessments include these teachers.

    Special tamper proof workstation chairs are available for use in schools and have been specifically designed and tailored to suit all school age groups.

    Make sure your school takes professional advice on the type of chairs they use, The Sportsphysio staff are available to do this and we have teamed up with Carlisle Business Supplies who have a great range of chairs for students of all ages, including tamper proof workstation seating.

    Their very helpful staff will be happy to discuss your requirements.

  • The BIG 2012 back pain competition

    Free tickets for our readers…and the chance to win BIG!

    Taking place on 24-25 February, The Back Pain Show 2012 will once again return to London’s Olympia, and will provide back pain sufferers with the largest range of life changing ideas, services, products and information on the latest treatment developments, at one place, in one time.

    Back Pain Expo 2012 Banner

    And in celebration of the new dates, new ideas, new products, new experts and new techniques, that will be bursting out of the aisles, The Back Pain Show 2012 have put together a competition and want to give you, our readers the opportunity to win a range of ten top prizes (worth over £2500)!

    The BIG prizes are;

    • MediFlow | Waterbase Pillow
    • Humanframeworks | Acuball Kit
    • Status Seating | Cpod Task Chair
    • SMC | Back Magic Device
    • Starbalm | Collection of Pain Relief Products
    • Nuga Best | NM-80 Tourmanium
    • Heat Mat Pro Massagers | Power Fingers Power Massager
    • Oakdale | Inada Massage Chair
    • BackJoy | Core Back Support & Pain Relief
    • Casada | Maxiwell Massage Cushion

    To enter the competition and to find about more about the prizes, simply visit the Backshow Expo website and you could be one of the ten BIG winners of 2012!

    Free Back Pain Expo Tickets

    Our readers also qualify for FREE Tickets…all you need to do is click on the link below, enter your details and print off your personalised ticket.

    Forward this link to your family and friends so that they can take part too.

    Readers’ Free Back Pain Expo Tickets

    More information

    Visit the Back Pain Show website

    See you at the show!

  • Choosing Office Furniture

    Choosing the right type of office chair or desk can be daunting, but choosing the wrong ones can can lead to all sorts of problems and pain. For this reason, we have teamed up with Carlisle Business Supplies to offer a complete office seating and workspace service.

    Task Posture from Carlisle Business Supplies
    Working together to bring you the best

    This partnership offers the ideal solution to anyone who is tasked with re-equipping an office, updating current facilities or setting up their home office.

     

    Individual needs, limited budget

    In many organisations the purchase of new office equipment has to balance the needs of the individual, to the tight budgets of the company.

    To this end, assessments of biomechanical requirements can be carried out ahead of any purchase of equipment and then suitable solutions identified.

    Depending on project budget, our joint services can help guide you through a bewildering array of choices.

    Local companies helping each other, to help you

    Combining a musculoskeletal expert from TheSportsphyio.com with an office equipment supplier provides your organisation with a unique service available to the local small business.

    Choosing  office furniture is not a task that should be undertaken lightly, there are many factors to consider; The biomechanics and build of the user, what the furniture will be used for and for how long.

    Would you sleep in a bad bed for the same length of time as you sit in the office?

    Office seating from PSI seating
    Your office chair has to offer movement with support

     

    Over 67% of the working population will spend about 70% of their working day, sitting at a workstation or computer terminal.

    Put another way, you may spend as much time in an office chair as you do in bed.   It therefore makes sense that the chair is providing all the elements your body needs.

    Over 11 million working days are lost every year through back pain, not to mention the impact on family, social life and leisure activities.

    Our combined skills are aimed at taking the uncertainty and guessing out of buying office chairs and desks.

    Carlisle Business Supplies will sit down and discuss your requirements, take you through the range of suitable options and even arrange for you to spend time trialling the chair or desk at your own premises.

    Help is available, locally

    If you are unsure about the type of chair suitable for you or your staff, The Sportsphysio  can carry out a simple assessment, discussing any problems that may exist.  We will then advise on the type of chair / desk you need to be looking for and you can pop along to see the friendly, helpful staff at Carlisle Office Supplies who can assist with the rest.

    Staff at Carlisle Business Supplies are kept up to date with the latest research into work related conditions, allowing them to understand the specialists and practitioners.  This information they apply when helping you choose your office furniture.

    Conversely, we will spend time with the staff of Carlisle Business Supplies to review latest developments in manufacture and design so that we understand what is available to you.

    More Information

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