This booklet is intended for people with back pain or who want to avoid possible problems and offers several tests to help you identify and prepare for the changes you can make. For example, you will find suggestions for physical exercises and practical advice on how to better use your back in different everyday situations.

 

Thematic file on MSDs including information to understand MSDs, their symptoms, their treatment and especially how to prevent their apparition.

 

This dossier presents a feedback on the findings and courses of action explored by the Professional Health and Risk Insurance network, through reports in several agri-food companies: a company specializing in frozen, raw and pre-baked Viennese pastry and pastries; a manufacturer of processed cheeses; a ham factory; an ice-cream producer; a pork curing company.

 

Activ'Dos is a mobile application to help you fight back pain. Activ'Dos is a real coach at your service to prevent low back pain, but also to act if pain occurs. Intuitive, Activ'Dos includes three main features: Get to know your back and low back pain better through information and quizzes, A coach in your phone and discover with him relaxation, stretching and weight training exercises to do at work, or at home, but also the good gestures of everyday life, it also offers you a follow-up of your activity and your pain.

 

This document proposes simple ways for managers of SMEs to act and prevent MSD hazards. It provides illustrations and answers simple questions such as : What are MSDS? What are the consequences for the worker and the enterprise? How do we get there? What can you do? Prevention approaches for action and Preconceived ideas about MSD prevention.

 

This brochure proposes a method for analysing risks related to the physical workload. This analysis is carried out in 4 successive phases: 

  • Identification and prioritization of the physical workload in the company.
  • Analysis of the physical workload according to 5 indicators (physical effort, sizing, time characteristics, environmental characteristics, organization).
  • Search for ways to prevent it.
  • Evaluation of the action.

 

This guide is for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper limb. After situating the MSD issue, it answers the most frequently asked questions and provides information on the statistical data, pathophysiology and clinical signs of MSDs. It also addresses risk factors in general as well as those specific to the secondary sector and computerized work. It also presents the prevention approach recommended by the INRS and reviews the tools that can be used in this context. Finally, it lists all the information materials available in French on MSDs.

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