This brochures deals with the safety and health of nursery school teachers working in day-care centers. They often are exposed to ergonomic stress at work. Lifting and carrying children, sitting on small chairs and other awkward working postures e.g. when dressing up children. This information provided by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) contains technical, organisational and personal prevention measures concerning musculoskeletalskeletal diseases, noise and other workplace issues.

Arthritic joints can't tolerate as much stress as healthy joints. Pushing, pulling or twisting motions can be painful. Joint protection is a proven strategy to help you manage rheumatoid arthritis pain and perform daily activities more easily. The Mayo Clinic provides on its website joint protection techniques to help you stay in control of your rheumatoid arthritis pain.

If you have osteoarthritis, you know how sore joints can impact your daily life. This website provides you with tips on how to minimise the harm that repetitive motions and other workplace strains can place on joints. The experts from WebMd provides tips for people working in an office but also for people who have more physically active jobs.

Many people suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis are adjusting to the changing lockdown restrictions and are managing their pain at home. People experience pain in different ways and have good and bad days. Versus Arthritis provides advice and resources to help you.

We are all adjusting to the changing situation around coronavirus and how it affects our lives. It’s likely many of us are working from home and it’s important to think about how this may affect our musculoskeletal health and wellbeing. The Versus Arthritis wellbeing experts share their top tips to help you look after your musculoskeletal health while working from home.

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