Manual handling is a feature integral to many workplaces, and ensuring the safety of your workforce whilst they handle different loads couldn’t be more important. To guarantee that your workers maintain safe habits when…
Rosa Smith28 August 2024
Tight corridors, flickering lights, and uneven floors can all have highly detrimental effects on employee safety. Indeed, poorly managed workplace conditions often lead to increased risk of injury and illness, so knowing what we…
Rosa Smith17 July 2024
Manual handling tasks are often carried out day in and day out across a huge variety of roles in many different types of industries. At Osteopaths For Industry, we’ve worked with the likes of…
Rosa Smith3 July 2024
We all know the important role risk assessments play in protecting our employees and ensuring regulatory compliance, especially when carrying out manual handling activities. So, in this blog post, we’re exploring the factors involved…
Rosa Smith19 June 2024
Most of us begin a typical working day by checking our phones or laptops for emails or other communication from our colleagues. Often, this is the beginning of a day spent jumping from one…
Rosa Smith5 June 2024
It probably won’t surprise you to hear that in the modern world, almost 90% of workers use Display Screen Equipment (DSE) to some extent in their day-to-day work. Not all of these people, however,…
Rosa Smith22 May 2024
Whether it’s stacking shelves, moving furniture, or lifting boxes, manual handling is a fundamental aspect of many workplace activities, and adopting good handling techniques is crucial for putting a stop to workplace injuries and…
Rosa Smith8 May 2024
Providing care for bariatric patients in hospital settings introduces a range of unique challenges that require special consideration. Awareness of these risks is essential, as a thorough risk assessment and safe moving and handling…
Rosa Smith24 April 2024
As humans, we’re all different. We have different strengths, body sizes, fitness levels, and things we might need more support with, and this applies to our professional lives as well as our personal ones.…
Rosa Smith10 April 2024
While there was a decrease in workplace injuries from 2000 to 2020, in the three years since the COVID-19 pandemic, manual handling injuries in the workplace have stopped declining and begun once more to…
Rosa Smith27 March 2024
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which affect the back, joints, and limbs, can pose a vast array of challenges in the workplace. However, as an employee, there are steps you can take to address and manage…
Rosa Smith14 March 2024
I’m Emma Tarpey, and I’m a physiotherapist, clinical specialist in complex handling, and moving/handling trainer.I completed my Physiotherapy degree with the intention of continuing on to veterinary Physiotherapy to complement my work in equine…
Rosa Smith4 March 2024
My name is Agatha Brocheler; I’m a registered osteopath and graduated with a master’s degree in Osteopathy from the British School of Osteopathy, which is the oldest and largest school of osteopathy in the…
Rosa Smith3 March 2024
Hi. I’m Ailsa Hobkinson. I'm a Chartered Physiotherapist, Ergonomist, and Moving & Handling Advisor. I gained my professional qualification in 1996 from Sheffield Hallam University, and more recently, I achieved a Masters degree in…
Rosa Smith2 March 2024
I’m Damon Peterson, a consultant/trainer who started with OFI in 1997.My interest in osteopathy came about as a result of suffering chronic back pain - the result of a motorcycle accident when I was…
Rosa Smith1 March 2024
My name’s David Langdon, and I've been working with OFI since September 2022.I was a medical photographer for most of my adult career until my mid-thirties, when I decided to retrain. I studied for…
Rosa Smith29 February 2024
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) could pose a significant risk to the health and well-being of your employees, detrimentally affecting their ability to remain productive at work while also putting a strain on their lives outside…
Rosa Smith28 February 2024
My name is Emma McDonald, and I have been working with OFI since 2017. I am a Chartered Physiotherapist specialising in Manual Handling training, DSE assessor training, remote and DSE assessments, consultancy, webinars, presentations,…
Rosa Smith28 February 2024
I'm Erin, and I moved to London in October 2023 to start my role as a Technical Training Advisor at Osteopaths For Industry. I am also on my way to becoming one of OFI's…
Rosa Smith27 February 2024
