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Essential factors in making the office workplace back-friendly include good chairs and a desk that can be adjusted in height. Corresponding attention also has to be paid to other workplace elements. Standing desks, document holders and ergonomic desk lamps are just as important in preventing cramped positions as computer input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.). Excellent ergonomic solutions are available in all these areas for relieving the physical loads on office workers, thus bringing about clear reductions in pain and in the number of days absent from work.
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Especially craftsmen, who work with full physical effort every day and rely on high physical performance, must reduce stress. But that is not easy at work or on the construction site. The crucial point is the back. Heavy loads, poor posture and unilateral burden may have negative influence on the spine and lead to complaints.
Hence, to all craft occupational groups applies the same: To do something good for your back, please pay attention to back-friendly working tools. Needless to say, that this also applies to do-it-yourselfers (DIY). Especially for them the unusual stresses and strains associated with non-ergonomic tools can take their toll.
Please check the following pages to find out what is to be considered and which tools can help you to work back-friendly:
Bending, kneeling, lifting - industrial cleaning staff must be physically active at work. Consequently, one of the most common reasons for sick leave due to illness are diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
In order to avoid these work-related illnesses, doctors and therapists recommend cleaning tools and machines that support the user in his physical work in the best possible way.
Please check the following pages and learn more about certified industrial cleaning products:
There are many different things around the workplace that are used frequently and for a long time in different professions. It's good to pay attention to ergonomics and back-friendliness here too.
Different workplaces place very different demands on work utensils.
Products such as chairs for industry and educators, saddle seats and loupes glasses as well as dental practice equipment and exoskeletons, which have been awarded the seal of approval from Aktion Gesunder Rücken (AGR) e. V., provide valuable support for the workplace. The decisive advantage: the products can be customised, are easy to handle and thus provide relief for the back.
For people with limited mobility, rollators mean a great deal of freedom. With the help of rollators elderly or mobility-impaired people can move around independently inside and outside their homes. Also patients with various diseases or after an operation, who are treated in a clinic, usually need special walking aids. They help you relearn how to walk and provide an effective therapeutic help and safe support.
In order to ensure a safe and comfortable use, the rollator or walker must meet various requirements.
Please find further information to the certified product and the requirements here: