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Manual Handling

The True Cost of Poor Manual Handling Skills

Did you know that poor manual handling skills can lead to more than just immediate injuries? The consequences ripple through an organisation, resulting in lost productivity, higher absenteeism, increased insurance premiums,

Change Postures Often

This post has kindly been shared by Alison Richmond of Provention. Shake up your work routine with frequent posture changes. While focusing on your daily tasks at your desk might

NZ Manual Handling Assessment Charts (NZMAC)

Work-Related Health: A Critical Priority for New Zealand Workplaces Ensuring the health of workers isn’t just a legal obligation – it’s essential for the success of NZ organisations. When workers

To Warm-Up, or Not to Warm-Up?

This article has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention ‘Are Warm-ups effective within an injury prevention programme?’ This is a question Alison Richmond from Provention frequently gets asked

Shoulder injuries in the Aging Workforce

This article has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention. Shoulder injuries are common in the ‘aging’ workforce and often result in considerable time off work and a lengthy (and

Home DIY injury prevention

This article has kindly been shared by Alison Richmond from Provention and First Move Training. First Move principles teach us how to use our bodies safely and effectively to avoid

Sitting for long periods of time is wrecking your body

This article has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention. Believe it or not, the natural resting position of a person is not a chair or couch – it’s

How to use our bodies safely and effectively to avoid physical strain and injury

This article has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention and First Move Training. Provention’s First Move principles teach us how to use our bodies safely and effectively to

Make First Move your every move

This post has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention and First Move Training First Move principles teach us how to use our bodies safely and effectively to avoid

Spring Gardening

This post has been kindly shared by Alison Richmond from Provention and First Move training. First Move principles teach us how to use our bodies safely and effectively to avoid

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