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It’s All About The Base!

“Your feet are one of the most overworked, underappreciated, and undervalued body parts, and they deserve your attention!” Lloyd Williams, MB BS FRCS (Tr&Orth) London-Based, Leading Consultant Specialist Foot and Ankle SurgeonWhen we’re rushing from…

OFI Training Team16 May 2023

People Moving & Handling Risk Assessment & Management

Repetitive Strain Injuries

A passion for better workplace health and wellbeing is at the heart of what we do. If you’re looking to protect your employees’ musculoskeletal health, you’d benefit from our professional osteopath/physiotherapist-led services.

OFI Training Team18 April 2023

Manual Handling Risk Assessment & Management

Why Do We Need Risk Assessments and Practical Skills Training in Manual Handling in the Workplace?

Lifting and manual handling are daily tasks in many workplaces, and it's vital to follow best practices to ensure your employee's safety. This post looks at the importance of having Manual Handling Risk Assessment…

OFI Training Team21 March 2023

Young supervisor with document making note of goods in warehouse

Manual Handling People Moving & Handling Risk Assessment & Management

Health and Safety Statistics 2022

The latest 2021/2022 statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain have recently been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In this blog post we delve into the details.

Steve6 December 2022

Woman appearing to be suffering from lower back pain

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Back Pain Top Tips

Back pain is one of the most common reasons for people in the UK to see a doctor or take time off work. Business woman with pain in lower back Modern day life of…

OFI Training Team23 October 2022

Training methods

The Importance of Good Posture

You’ve no doubt seen this sign before. It is a sign often used near care homes up and down the country, to warn motorists of elderly people crossing the road. The sign has sparked…

OFI Training Team17 August 2022

Training methods

Revolutionary Simplicity in Manual Handling Training

Shane Morris - Manual handling trainer I recently read a story about a brilliant, pioneering doctor called Peter Provonost. Dr Provonost introduced a revolutionary protocol that saved thousands of lives. His revolutionary technique did…

OFI Training Team10 June 2022

Training methods

Safer Manual Handling – Changing Habits

Shane Morris - Osteopaths For Industry trainer Anyone who has ever attended an Osteopaths For Industry training course will have heard a discussion about habits. A question we like to ask delegates is “Why…

OFI Training Team2 April 2022

People Moving and Handling delegate assisting elderly patient

People Moving & Handling Risk Assessment & Management

Moving and Handling in the Health and Social Care industry

Employees in the health and social care sectors may be involved in moving and handling activities such as moving equipment, laundry, catering, distributing supplies or assisting patients/residents in moving. The moving and handling of…

OFI Training Team19 February 2022

Manual Handling

Manual Handling – Top 10 Tips infographic

Join our email newsletter to get more useful resources from OFI. Download our Manual Handling 'Top 10 Tips' infographic and share it with your colleagues or workforce. Download in Abobe PDF format. Download in…

OFI Training Team18 December 2021

Manual Handling Training methods

Don’t take your health for granted – How to avoid upper limb disorders

As human beings, ironically, it is often the body's more vital functions that we take for granted - for example, the beating of our heart, or the movement of our rib cage inflating our…

OFI Training Team20 October 2021

People Moving & Handling Training methods

Clinical Individual Award Presented to OFI Trainer Emma Tarpey

OFI congratulates one of its manual handling consultants, Emma Tarpey, for her receipt of an AXREM (Association of Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care) ‘Clinical Individual’ award. This was announced at the…

OFI Training Team28 July 2021

Risk Assessment & Management

Dynamic Risk Assessment – the Onion Model

'The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice......' R.D. Laing How many of us, when undertaking risk assessment, sometimes fail to see 'the wood for the…

OFI Training Team1 June 2021

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Is Sitting the new Smoking?

What would you choose if you were asked to come up with an iconic posture that sums up our 21st century lifestyle? Sadly, I suspect, many of us would visualise someone bent-double over their…

OFI Training Team6 April 2021

Manual Handling Training methods

Challenging perspectives, changing perspectives

As a trainer in the field of Manual Handling training, it is deceptively easy to reinforce the message that we are simply biological machines that need educating in the 'reality' of basic mechanics. Staff…

OFI Training Team27 February 2021

Manual Handling Training methods

Advice for Manual Handling trainers – Make sure you monitor and evaluate!

It’s all very well updating your training methodologies, but if you’ve got no evaluation process in place you have no idea of what’s working and what isn’t. Make sure you build a robust review…

OFI Training Team15 December 2020

Manual Handling Training methods

Make ‘Practical’ a key component of your training

Hands-on practical skills training is an absolute must. Too much spoken information can lead to a lower rate of learning retention. This is why our team of instructors, each a fully qualified osteopath or…

OFI Training Team1 October 2020

Manual Handling trainer, Laurence Jones, with spine

Manual Handling Training methods

Explain the ‘why’ behind the ‘how’

Have you ever left a training session feeling fuzzy about the connection between how to do a correct procedure, and why it is necessary to do it that way? OFI Manual Handling trainer and…

OFI Training Team15 September 2020

Manual Handling Training methods

Personalise Your Training with Anecdotes and Case Studies

Weaving Anecdotes and real-life Case Studies into our training sessions helps to communicate learning more clearly. That is what we have discovered, over the course of more than 20 years delivering top quality training.…

OFI Training Team1 August 2020

Manual Handling Training methods

Advice for Manual Handling trainers – Mix up your training method!

Make your manual handling courses more engaging by refreshing your training methods. Let's face it: The mention of “Manual Handling training” is hardly likely to instil joy in the hearts of your employees. So…

OFI Training Team15 June 2020

It’s All About The Base!

Repetitive Strain Injuries

Why Do We Need Risk Assessments and Practical Skills Training in Manual Handling in the Workplace?

Health and Safety Statistics 2022

Back Pain Top Tips

The Importance of Good Posture

Revolutionary Simplicity in Manual Handling Training

Safer Manual Handling – Changing Habits

Moving and Handling in the Health and Social Care industry

Manual Handling – Top 10 Tips infographic

Don’t take your health for granted – How to avoid upper limb disorders

Clinical Individual Award Presented to OFI Trainer Emma Tarpey

Dynamic Risk Assessment – the Onion Model

Is Sitting the new Smoking?

Challenging perspectives, changing perspectives

Advice for Manual Handling trainers – Make sure you monitor and evaluate!

Make ‘Practical’ a key component of your training

Explain the ‘why’ behind the ‘how’

Personalise Your Training with Anecdotes and Case Studies

Advice for Manual Handling trainers – Mix up your training method!

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