Workplace Wellbeing

Your staff is the biggest asset to your company and generally the most costly - for the majority of businesses the wages bill is the biggest expenditure.

So why would you not look after the biggest asset? Kind of like buying a Ferrari and then never changing the oil or getting the engine serviced!

Benefits of a Workplace Wellness Programme:

1. Improved employee engagement
2. Improved attendance - less absenteeism and presenteeism
3. Help to recruit and just as importantly retain staff 

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A lot of business resources is spent on trying to prevent back pain from causing long term absence from work. However,  attempts to reduce physical loads on the back through manual handling training and changing office ergonomics have not made significant impact on the amount of sickness absence from work.

Rather than focusing only on physical factors like posture, ergonomics and manual handling,  back pain prevention programme with wellness 4 work focus on the problem with a more holistic approach and aim to address more risk factors such as sleep, mood, stress, anxiety and general wellbeing.

Kieran O'Sullivan is lead physiotherapist at the Sports Spine Centre at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar and a senior lecturer in Physiotherapy at University of Limerick. His research group provides evidence-based information at pain-ed.com
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For many of us our day is spent sitting down whether that be sitting in a car on our commute, sitting behind a computer all day or sitting sloth like on the sofa watching Love Island.

Trouble is it's making many of us chair shaped. How often have you found you've been sitting for an hour plus if engrossed in a project.

Improving mental health and wellbeing in the workplace is racing up the agenda. 

This month therapist at Natural Elements has been delivering workshops on ' Managing and Reducing Stress'   to a forward thinking Leicestershire workplace who want to open up conversations about mental health and reduce stigma. 

' Introduction to Mindfulness'  , ' Getting Better Sleep'  and ' Managing Anxiety and Worry'  to follow at the same company. 

It's been VERY well received by the workforce as a whole

Seated Massage and Foot & Leg Massage will follow this week for those tired bodies has helped to ease aches and pains and keep staff feeling refreshed.

With the average number of days lost to ill health per employee at 5.2 days, there’s a clear impact on business, which is why firms must better prioritise the health & wellbeing of their staff.

In the UK businesses lose an average of 4.4 days per year to sickness costing the economy over £9 billion.

Proud to be helping at the 8th Annual Golf day at Rothley Park Golf Club on Friday 21st Sept 2018. A great is slightly windswept day culminating in a delicious supper at the club house. Lovely to be able to help support local charities and have fun at the same time.