Musculoskeletal disorders

Robotics technologies have the potential to transform health and safety as well as efficiency within the workplace, but fears they...

Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health...

There is very little scientific proof that being prescribed antidepressants will help people with long-term chronic pain, a study has suggested.

Employers should use National Walking Month to help employees overcome perceived barriers to exercise and collectively become less sedentary.

A study into a tool that encourages workers to self-manage their back pain has yielded some interesting results.

The Budget on Wednesday is expected to be accompanied by a Health and Disability White Paper, which will outline government...

A body representing physiotherapists has issued a warning about platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection training courses, suggesting that one-day courses are insufficient.

Increasingly sedentary working lives in the wake of the pandemic has left eight out of 10 Britons struggling with ‘pandemic posture’, according to a survey.

A nurse-led support service claims it has seen referrals for cancer and musculoskeletal problems leap by almost a fifth over...

Why so many workers are suffering musculoskeletal disorders and how can employers support them?

Anticipated ‘legacy’ benefits of increased adult participation in sports and exercise from the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics have failed to materialise.

Even before the current freezing weather, more than four out of 10 people felt the cost-of-living crisis was affecting their...

As 2023 approaches, employers will be considering the common health and wellbeing issues facing employees and how their organisation can...

A Welsh health board has been fined after it ignored pleas from its occupational health department to risk-assess employees for hand-arm vibration syndrome.

Half a million more people are out of work because of long-term sickness, including a rise in people with back and neck conditions.