Back Care
Back Facts
- 80% of people will suffer from back pain through their working lifetime.
- 75% of the population are chair-bound at work and spend on average 7 hours per day in the seated position.
- Back pain is the most commonly quoted cause of absence in the U.K.
- Back related absenteeism costs the U.K. economy over £5bn in lost productivity and
- 4.9 million days are lost
- On average, absences from work through back pain run to 6 weeks and costs over £1,250.
- A poor/uncomfortable work environment is the second most quoted reason for staff leaving their job after salary.
Useful websites and articles
Back Pain in the workplace - what back pain is, how to prevent it, ideas to help you recover, training to protect against pain and advice for employers and employees. www.hse.gov.uk
Ergonomics is a much used term. What does it mean? A quick guide from the Ergonomics Society. www.ergonomics.org.uk
BBC website has a number of articles on back pain, the causes and ways to avoid it article one, article two
BackCare is the largest charity dedicated specifically to back pain www.backcare.org.uk
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