Office Osteopaths

08/12/2020

Mandatory sign pimping!

*CHRISTMAS HOURS*

The clinic is open up to and including the 23rd of December.

As always we are treating patients and massage clients on a day or two between Christmas and NYE. This year it's the 29th and 30th of December but only for follow-up appointments.

Normal service resumes on the 5th January!

15/09/2017

How is your office dealing with the sitting epidemic?

There’s no proof that organisations benefit from the endless cycle of meetings, but we are addicted to them, writes the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

15/06/2017

Herman Miller is catching up to the Digital Age: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/fancy-chair-maker-herman-miller-is-making-creepy-software-now/

He's invented a solution to the problem you never knew existed.

02/06/2017

Protect your business!

Do you run a small business with employees in Berkshire?
Are you aware of the hidden costs of poor posture?

Legally you are obliged to ensure the health and safety of your staff, including their desk posture.

Musculoskeletal pain from poor posture can lead to lost productivity, absenteeism, compensation and more.

DSE Assessments can enable you to prevent pain before it affects you and your business.

Call us on 01183800385 for help ensuring your compliance to the Health & Safety Act (1974) and protect your business today!

www.officeosteopaths.co.uk

Office Osteopaths are therapists highly trained in DSE workstation assessments to prevent pain at work, engage employees and enhance the workplace.

30/05/2017

As if you didn't already know that sleep was important, now there's another possible reason to get your 8 hours: http://www.ndtv.com/health/lack-of-sleep-may-cause-your-brain-to-eat-itself-study-1704913

Burning the midnight oil can lead your brain to 'eat' up its connections, worn-out cells and debris, say scientists who found that lack of sleep may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.

15/05/2017

Are you shovelling large amounts of soil, compost or manure outdoors?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQkGfqmD8Fc&t=137s

Check out this video (ignore the snow!) about how to use a spade in a more efficient manner, protect your back and work smarter, not harder!

EASIEST, SAFEST WAY TO SHOVEL ANYTHING. No bending your back. No aching back. No chiropractor. This is how I shovel, when I need to. No special shovels, no m...

11/05/2017

As osteopaths the most important message we can put across to our patients is the benefit of having good posture, here's why:

http://officeosteopaths.co.uk/ergonomics/good-posture-important/

Before you start reading this article, do me a favour. Look at your posture. You can find a mirror if it helps, but just pause and take into account how you are sitting or standing while you read this sentence. Are your shoulder blades pulled backwards? Are you stooping? Is your back straight? If yo...

09/05/2017

How much do you use your phone at work? Do you use a bluetooth headset?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mobile-phones-cancer-tumour-ear-world-first-italy-mobile-phone-ruling-a7693986.html

An Italian court has ruled a worker who developed a tumour after more than 15 years of intense phone usage will receive compensation in what is thought to be a world first. Italy's national insurance provider has been ordered to compensate the man with a lifelong payment usually only given to people...

09/05/2017

Officially we can't say we sanction such behaviour, but as we grew up with Scalextric this is absolutely what we'd do if our office was bigger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-V2SKczqM

We thought we’d combine two of our biggest passions: engineering and racing, find out what we did here

22/04/2017

This move appears to be incredibly counter-productive from a postural perspective. Companies should not force women to wear shoes that are incredibly bad for their health. The pelvis is tipped forward, the centre of gravity shifts forward and the back muscles have to contract to stop the wearer from falling over. Very backward thinking.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/high-heels-bosses-force-women-government-decision-rejects-law-change-nicola-thorp-a7696391.html

The Government has rejected calls to outlaw company bosses from forcing female employees to wear high heels at work.

20/04/2017

Cycling to work almost halves the risk of developing cancer and heart disease, scientists have discovered. And, although walking to work is good for you, it does not provide the same health benefits as using a bike. A study conducted at the University of Glasgow found those who cycle are 41 per cent...