- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders refer to injuries developed over time that are caused by a combination of risk factors that act simultaneously on your body or a joint, in a synergistic effect at your workplace.
- They may be a combination of various physical factors ( eg. Sustained and awkward postures, repetitive movements causing stress overload), psychological factors (eg. Work pace, task demands) as well as individual factors (eg. age, gender, current levels of fitness).
- For maximizing outcomes at the workplace, the individual's capacity should be hand in hand with the work demands. Failure to do this may result in muscle strains, imbalances, fatigue and long standing pain.
- At Walk & Win Physio, we will develop a comprehensive prevention / intervention strategy depending on your problem and Goal to improve your functional fitness.
- This is carried out in collaboration with the client, keeping in mind factors like availability of time, facilities, motivation, workload as well as baseline fitness of the client.