SuppleworX Functional Movement & Human Ergonomics
An effective HR tool for companies who employ human beings to sit at desks

Most companies will understand the real cost of back-pain related absenteeism. Most will also know the high cost ergonomic workstation assessments, in house therapists and bowing to employee requests for the latest and most advanced ergonomic furniture. Sadly, most will also be aware of the possible cost of litigation by employees claiming actual injuries received due to any lack of the above.

Chairs: There is probably nothing wrong with the chairs that any of your employees sit on. There is almost certainly something very wrong with the way they sit. My thoughts on the causes are a little controversial but the theory is sound and clients who I talked through the process of sitting correctly have never looked back.

Ergonomic assessments: These usually take the assumption that, once positioned correctly and by the book, employees will sit correctly and perform their tasks as they were – presumably trained to do. They also have to assume that the employee has neutral posture because they can do little to modify it. As above, most people do not sit correctly so placing a chair/desk where they ‘should’ be will not make any difference to how that position effects them. Equally, placing a computer monitor in the technically correct position will make no difference to the neck and shoulder problems of an employee who – contrary to the assessors assumption – does not know how to touch type. Similarly, a silicon wrist support will do nothing to reduce the risk of RSI in an employee whose wrist never touches the table because they cannot type correctly and have no conscious connection with how their muscles are acting to compensate. Workstation layout should be functional for the individual rather than ‘technically’ correct and a little understanding of how muscles and joints work, together with basic but effective work station based exercises will minimize the damage caused by any shortfall in the ability to type as typists used to be trained to do type.

In-house therapists: With the aforementioned understanding plus some basic self-massage techniques, the demand for in house therapy will reduce significantly.

Why take this presentation into the workplace? Because the workplace is where most peoples ‘habitual’ and ‘postural’ problems develop. By training employees to re-learn good movement and Human Ergonomics, the problem can be eradicated and controlled at its source.

In a ninety-minute presentation to up to fifteen people at a time, I can impart all this information for as little as £50 per employee. The benefits? A reduction in ongoing costs for all the above mentioned commodities, happier more comfortable employees, reduced likelihood of absenteeism due to back and postural related problems.

Details are nearly completed. If you or your company would be interested in hearing more, please call or email via the link on the “contact me” page, and I’ll you will be at the front of the line when I have full details.