Positive Posture for Businesses
As businesses, we rarely know the full cost of bad posture and poor workstation setups on our employees, our culture, and our bottom line until it hurts.
But it doesn’t have to get to the ‘pain and problem’ stage before it can be managed. In fact, ideally it should never make it to that stage at all!
There’s a lot of ouch out there…
These are real ‘pain maps’ created by teams when I started working with them. The dots show anywhere people report experiencing pain and discomfort linked to their desk-based work in the office and working from home, and you can’t even see parts with yet more dots, including the knees, ankles, wrists and front of the head!
The really scary bit? Look at the patterns across all skeletons…
These are the real pain points of small teams of people, not large teams or people who have requested a specialist DSE assessment.
By getting the workstation setup right for your people, whether that’s in the office, WFH or on the move, you’ll have a happier and more productive workforce and working environment, as well as meeting your legal requirements.
That’s a win-win for the business and the individual!
“Alison’s ergo service offers a robust, helpful and holistic service to individuals and organisations, very different from the usual checklist-based approach to DSE assessment.”
For many, the words
‘Annual DSE self-assessment’
do not bring them joy…
“Boring”
“Done it so many times before”
“Just another thing on my to-do list”
“Easier to just put up with how I feel”
“Nothing changes as a result”
“Unhelpful”
Time to do something different and proactive that really delivers results?
The best way to make long-lasting change to the desk-based comfort of your employees is to offer education, assessment and support over a period of time, rather than a one-off intervention which is powerful but then easily forgotten.
This is your business roadmap to positive posture.
Posture Audit – what you already have and do, and how people feel
The steps to improvement!
Posture workshops (virtual or in-person) The starting point to upskill employees about the key posture principles and how to apply them.
DSE guide and priority indicator self-assessment tool
Individual support and assessments, including office, home, mobile and remote working
Optional extras - Putting posture on your wellbeing agenda
Posture and body-related wellbeing virtual sessions – including Desk stretching; Self-massage; Body mind connection; Psychology of changing habits and behaviours; Menopause – your body in your environment (to name just some!)
Onsite wellbeing sessions, including seated massage, Pilates or Yoga
Packages start from around £98 per employee for a 6, 9 or 12 month posture journey, depending on business size and location
You may be looking for a smaller intervention?
DSE Assessment or equipment/posture advice for individuals available from £175.
Wanting a wellbeing session with easy to implement, practical take-aways? I offer fun and interactive sessions, delivered in person or virtually from £200.
Why not combine both and get maximum value from my presence on-site with a posture day or half day!
“Alison’s ergo service offers a robust, helpful and holistic service to individuals and organisations, very different from the usual checklist-based approach to DSE assessment.
As an Occupational Health professional, I can be confident that staff are receiving the best support possible. Alison uses her knowledge and experience to educate people about key aspects of their workplace as well as their body to ensure there is the most comfortable match possible between the person, their work and workstation.
I have worked with Alison on a number of advisory and educational projects and she is proactive at meeting organisational and/or employee specific needs in a professional and supportive manner, with an engaging and enthusiastic approach.”