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A recent report by the Health and Safety Executive stated that 30 million working days were lost in 2006/07 due to illness. Of these 10.7 Million days were lost due to musculoskeletal disorders and 3.5 million were due to work related upper limb or neck disorders.
These are pretty frightening statistics and the cost to the economy and your business is horrific. Maybe it is time to consider some of the possible causes and make sure that your staff are healthy and at work.

One of the main causes of upper limb or neck disorders in the workplace is the use of poorly designed furniture that does not meet the needs of the user, and worker ignorance as to how to use the furniture correctly. Continue reading »

Many people think that an office chair is just a chair and buy them based on price, but there is a lot more to think about than just price. A decent chair will have a mechanism that assists your muscles to support your body. The main principle is that the backrest of the chair is under tension, but is free floating, so you can move about freely, whilst the backrest supports you. The tension is adjustable to suit your weight, so you can find the right balance of support you need.
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