Health interventions are essential to minimise the risks to employees in the workplace. Siân Edwards outlines the importance of manual handling training and how an effective programme can help to ...

Musculoskeletal injuries top the list of cases caused or made worse by work, according to statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 2001/2, especially those which result in injuries ...

How widespread is back injury? Four out of five people will, at some stage, suffer from back or musculo-skeletal injury. Other repetitive stress injuries are prevalent, too. It's a very common problem ...

At the University of the West of Scotland, moving and handling training has been redesigned to incorporate person-centred approaches, helping students to learn how to reduce patients’ distress, ...