Blog - Osteopaths For Industry (OFI)

Apply the ‘Stages of Change’ model to your training

Research supports the ‘Stages of Change Model' in its approach to education in Risk Management Research studies, specifically in the field of musculoskeletal risk management, have shown strong evidence for the long-term effectiveness of…

OFI Training Team1 April 2020

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Working from home

Tips for setting up your computer workstation & staying physically healthy when homeworking Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, many people are now working from home, and for most of us, this will be…

OFI Training Team24 March 2020

Manual Handling Training methods

Advice for Manual Handling Trainers – Tailor your course to fit your audience

Make courses more engaging by customising training to suit your delegates. Research has yielded compelling evidence that tailored education to suit differing roles or recipient groups (i.e. management or operatives) is more effective. Tailored…

OFI Training Team14 February 2020

OFI Manual Handling trainer with delegates

Manual Handling Training methods

Advice for Manual Handling trainers – How to make your courses more engaging

Training isn't just important - it is vital! So it's vital that you get your message across. Make 'practical' an important part of your manual handling training courses. As a Manual Handling trainer, you…

OFI Training Team14 January 2020

Lady using Manual Handling to stow overhead luggage on a plane

Training methods

Top 5 tips for improving staff morale

Do your employees drag themselves into work? Is a smile a vague memory? If so, your employees' morale may need a boost. Low morale can lead to poor cooperation, low productivity and increased staff…

OFI Training Team10 October 2019

Risk Assessment & Management Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Cutting-Edge DSE Risk Assessment tool from Osteopaths for Industry

Are you responsible for the health and safety of your colleagues? Do they use computers at their desks? The latest report from the Office of National Statistics states that the most common reason for…

OFI Training Team21 August 2019

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Workstation Safety & DSE Training

How to reduce desk-related aches and pains

Are you one of the silent majority of desk workers that suffer from some form of arm, neck, shoulder or back pain due to a ‘workstation’ that is not correctly fitted to you? You…

OFI Training Team23 January 2019

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

The Mobile Technology Explosion

Technology is an immense and constantly evolving sector from which a new device seems to be launched every week, the advance in the development of mobile computer devises have allowed us the flexibility to…

OFI Training Team10 November 2018

Business woman with neck pain sitting at a computer workstation

Workstation Safety & DSE Training

Are We Getting Musculoskeletal Conditions from Technology?

Technology continues to evolve and become an integral part of our daily lives at a frightening pace. The Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Regulations and Guidance from the HSE offers help and advice for the…

OFI Training Team23 September 2018

Carole Waltens - OFI trainer and DSE Assessor

Seated Posture Workstation Safety & DSE Training

The Importance of Adjusting Your Chair Correctly

Carole Waltens - OFI trainer and DSE Assessor Carole Waltens, Senior DSE Assessor and Physiotherapist - OFI, talks about adjusting your chair correctly. For the majority of us, an office based working role…

OFI Training Team11 July 2018

Manual Handling Training methods

Maintaining Musculoskeletal Awareness with online education tools

Damon Peterson is the Director of Training for Osteopaths For Industry, and a keen believer in the importance of maintaining programmes and initiatives relating to improving awareness in manual handling. "There are many cost…

OFI Training Team29 April 2018

Manual Handling Training methods

Supporting the HSE Go Home Healthy campaign

Osteopaths For Industry are supporting the HSE's Go Home Healthy campaign to ensure employers know the risks of work-related ill health and enable them to do the right thing. Everyone has the right to go home healthy from work.…

OFI Training Team26 January 2018