This booklet provides information on the effects of lifting and carrying on the human body. It provides facts on the load of the musculoskeletal systems in different tasks, gives insights in the effects of these loads. It also gives a lot of practical tips on how to make sure you perform these...

A lack of exercise and working conditions with non-ergonomic postures can lead to musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs). This booklet presents simple exercises, that can be performed at your workplace or at home without any equipment tools and hassle. The exercises help you to activate the cardiovascular...

This video from the Austrian Social Accident Insurance AUVA shows exercises to compensate one-sided movements during work. The exercises are easy to follow and can be done at work or at home without any training tool.

This information guidance on the promotion of physical activity at the workplace provides ideas and present case studies of companies in which physical activities have taken place.

This brochure is intended to reduce the physical strain of those affected by measures that lie within their own scope of action; show body-appropriate, back-friendly behaviours and working techniques; make limits of physical resilience visible;- offer a small selection of strengthening and balancing...

Manual handling operations involve lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving of a load by the hands or through the application of bodily force. Manual handling of loads can lead to discomfort, pain or injury to the musculoskeletal system. In the course of campaigns related to manual...