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	<title>Osteopaths in Ealing and Uxbridge &#187; Employee health</title>
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		<title>Exercises you can perform at work to help improve posture</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2010/07/exercises-perform-work-improve-posture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we can refer to our exercise video library, I can share with you a short exercise sequence to follow at work/in the office that will take you less than 2 minutes to complete.
If performed every couple of hours (say 4 times a day) these exercises would probably largely curtail posture-induced pain and workplace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons why osteopathy can help with the problems associated with posture at work</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2010/06/10-reasons-osteopathy-problems-posture-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of our patients blame their aches and pains on their own bad postural habits; the implication is that if only they could maintain good posture in the chair at work, they would not encounter the same problems. Whilst good posture can help, it is part of a wider picture, and in most cases Osteopathic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work Related Injuries: Can good posture save the day?</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/11/work-related-injuries-can-good-posture-save-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RSI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of our office-based patients come to us complaining of a similar set of injuries typically induced by the sedentary lifestyle that goes with working at a desk, and the poor postural habits we acquire in that environment.
Once the pain and other symptoms have been addressed, the focus of patient care switches to the prevention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top tips for good posture at work (in the office)</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/06/top-tips-for-good-posture-at-work-in-the-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[desk ergonomics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article aims to provide a rapid, practical checklist of good postural habits for people working at a desk so as to lower the risk of the many postural injuries we routinely see in clinic.
Your Seated Body 

Keep your head up, chin tucked in, shoulders relaxed
Ensure your elbows are tucked in, your arms and hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s just my posture&#8221; &#8230; the slippery slope towards work related injury</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/05/its-just-my-posture-the-slippery-slope-towards-work-related-injury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osteopathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Offers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress Relief / Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee wellness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every day of the week, we are visited by patients complaining of lower back pain, neck pain, head-aches, shoulder, elbow or wrist strains.
Many of them are busy professionals from companies and organisations in the Uxbridge and Hillingdon area.  As we gather background information relative to the causes of injury, many of these patients will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Basics: How to safely lift and carry heavy loads</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/03/back-to-basics-how-to-safely-lift-and-carry-heavy-loads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ergonomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health & safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am struck with a mild sense of guilt that we see an average of two patients a week whose back injury has been caused by lifting or carrying weights &#8220;the wrong way&#8221;, yet we have not yet hatched a blog entry providing some common sense advice on lifting ergonomics &#8220;the right way&#8221;.
Whenever you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting a Proactive Approach to Good Health</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/03/adopting-a-proactive-approach-to-good-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/03/adopting-a-proactive-approach-to-good-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet Plan / Nutrition Advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[good health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy lifestyle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Presentation to the Rotary Club, Hillingdon
In the week before last we had the pleasure of being invited by the Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon to address their local members on the enticing topic of preserving good health.
The presentation was entitled &#8220;Ten Tips to Avoid the Osteopath and Maintain Rude Health&#8220;: it aimed to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping sick employees and preventing workplace injuries: Bridge to Health’s Employee Health &amp; Wellness Programme</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/01/helping-sick-employees-and-preventing-workplace-injuries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2009/01/helping-sick-employees-and-preventing-workplace-injuries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace injury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/?p=747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a past life, I was European managing director of a business consulting firm specialised in modelling the market impact of service performance on customer loyalty, and assessing the relative ROI (Return on Investment) of remedial action.
In my current guise as an osteopath, I decided that Bridge to Health should draw on this experience to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Santa can get injured at work</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2008/12/even-santa-can-get-injured-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2008/12/even-santa-can-get-injured-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health & safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We spend a lot of time working with patients who have developed an injury or poor health through the stresses imposed by their occupation. There are many factors that must be considered to give a complete treatment plan.

 How did the initial injury happen?
e.g. A lifting injury, picked up a large sack, forgot to bend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best approach to fighting disease is&#8230; nurturing good health</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2008/12/best-approach-to-fighting-disease-is-nurturing-good-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/2008/12/best-approach-to-fighting-disease-is-nurturing-good-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathieu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bridgetohealth.co.uk/osteopath/?p=705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The dominant attitude towards health today is a curative, reactive one.
Indeed, we will sit and work all day hunched back in our chair staring at a computer screen, eat our ready-meal dinner (following on from our snack lunch sat at the desk), then slouch into a settee and watch the evening news and film, putting [...]]]></description>
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