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Welcome back Jess!
Posted by ANGELA HARRISON in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Tuesday 14 December 2021
Our awesome Ergonomist, Mrs Jessica Roberts, returns from Maternity Leave on Tuesday 4th January 2022 & will be back managing our Edgbaston Consultation Centre. Her diary is already filling up with Consultations -we’ve missed her! It’s been an extremely busy few months, so we are closing our Centres from 22nd Dec to 3rd January inclusive, […]
Helpful Tips for Your Sit Stand Desk
Posted by Jessica Roberts in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Monday 14 October 2019
The benefits of a sit stand desk when used correctly may help to significantly reduce back pain and encourage a more dynamic way of working. However, this requires good discipline from the end user. Tips include: Don’t sit or stand for too long. Ensure you sit for around 20 minutes, then higher your desk to […]
Sit Stand Desks with Memory Controller
Posted by Jessica Roberts in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Friday 9 March 2018
Our height adjustable sit stand desks are proving a popular option to encourage dynamic movement, as the user alternates between the seated and standing position. This can help to relieve existing back pain or prevent future episodes from occurring. If a desk is to be shared between several users (e.g. hot desking), the memory controller […]
Pregnancy Back Pain Kit
Posted by Jessica Roberts in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Thursday 8 February 2018
For many pregnant women back pain is often felt, especially the second trimester onward. This is due to ligaments naturally becoming softer and stretching to prepare the body for labour. Consequently, this can put strain on the joints of the lower back and pelvis, which can cause backache. In order to reduce this lower back […]
Compact Keyboards
Posted by Jessica Roberts in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Tuesday 16 January 2018
With correct chair set up, it is important to get all other aspects of the office workstation right. The European guideline (ISO Standard) advises a neutral position when using a keyboard and mouse. However, when using a full length keyboard this is not achievable. According to Bakker Elkhuizen, research by Microsoft shows that an active computer […]
Consultation Team
Posted by ANGELA HARRISON in Aspire Channel Swim, Back Pain, Birmingham, Charity, Consultations, Edgbaston, Ergonomic Office Chair, Ergonomics, Ergonomics specialist, Family Business, Home Worker, Lockdown Procedures, Neck Pain, Occupational Health, Reposts, Sit Stand Desk, Spinal Cord Injury, Total Back Care, West Midlands, Working from Home, Workplace ergonomics on Thursday 27 August 2015
Total Back Care is delighted to welcome Jessica Poole back into our team on a permenant basis. Jess thoroughly impressed us during her professional placement year and we’re chuffed to bits that she achieved a 2:1 BSc(Hons) Ergonomics (Human Factors Design) DPS at Loughborough University. Her dissertation on SitStand desking, based on her experience […]