Most people of working age spend most of their waking lives at work and may develop musculoskeletal diseases among others due to prolonged sitting or manual handling of loads. Exercise is one of the bestways to help prevent and manage most back pain. Some people find that swimming helps them, others swear by yoga, while many people enjoy walking or running. This leaflet gives different examples of common exercises beneficial for back pain.
Design of the workspace may have significant impact on the health and safety of the workers. Poor designed workplaces may cause physical and mental stress and can result in a higher rate of absenteeism. This brochure gives tips on how to design assembly workstations eronomically. Suggestions for ergonomic planning of assembly systems are given.
construction workers who work for a long time in a kneeling position are at risk of developing chronic knee problems. This leaflet provides a list of ergonomic knee protectors and helps you to decide on the right knee protection equipment for your work.
Workers who work for a long time in a kneeling position are at risk of developping knee problems. This leaflet gives information about knee pads and provides
tips on how to prevent knee problems.
Driving long hours and sitting for hours behind the wheel can cause a variety of health issues for truck drivers, such as poor blood circulation and bad posture. This can result in pain in the back, neck and musculoskeletal diseases. This booklet provides tips and exercises to stay fit on long trips. It describes simple exercises that will help you to stay fit and thus to prevent workrelated musculioskeletal dieseases (MSDs).
Pain is necessarily connected to a serious health problem, but pain can negatively affect your life. This poster shows the relation between pain and stress. Distraction and activities can stop the pain circle.
Children spend most of their school day seated and may develop back problems. With this presentation teachers can show pupils how to relax and stay fit at school.
The leaflet is meant to help teachers to understand children with a rheumatic disease. The aim of this leaflet is to provide teacher with useful and practical tips, so that they are able to support children with a chronic rheumatism.
A resource / campaign website for girls (aged 11 – 18 years´s old) at school. Creating a campaign, gathering research around what the girls want to see changed in the school or in PE to encourage them to get active or putting on activities.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for 5 - 18 years.