{"id":931,"date":"2020-07-06T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/?p=931"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:27:05","slug":"back-care-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Care Awareness Week 5th &#8211; 9th October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Working from home means bending over a laptop for hours on end, and we may start seeing increasing numbers of muscular-skeletal issues. Pilates expert <strong>Helen McDonald<\/strong> offers your staff valuable videos and webinars on back care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aims<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To implement a lasting legacy of effective healthy posture correction techniques to adopt while working at a desk.<\/li><li>To bring awareness to the importance of back and joint care for the long term to all employees.<\/li><li>To instil a long term programme for employees which can be accessed at any time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018An\nIntroduction to Back Care\u2019 Webinar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One hour presentation with active participation to include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Brief understanding of the importance of postural\nhealth\u2026why is this important to me at work? What are the dangers of long term\nsitting?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Practical demonstration on workplace set up and being\nergo-friendly at your desk. Practical tips to use whilst at your desk using\nprops such as Pilates balls, stability ball, the \u2018Sit-fit\u2019 and lumbar supports.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Understanding the potential mechanical issues which\nmay develop and affect work life and in turn personal life and ways to avoid\nthis in the long term. For example, Arthritis, sciatica, RSI, Hip flexor\npathology, disc pathology. Can I avoid this?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staff video programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity for all employees to actively participate in a video programme for 5 days.  The course has been designed to take place and be experienced over 5 working days, 3x day: morning, lunchtime and afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Promote an understanding of the natural spine\nposition, learn about neutral spine; know and feel neutral spine as an\neffective and effortless position to adopt as often as possible. (Demo with the\n\u2018Sit-fit\u2019 to assist with this)<\/li><li>Promote an understanding of the important muscular\nconnections to get the best out of the posture course, i.e. deep core muscles,\nupper spine extensors, glutes, quads, triceps, etc.<\/li><li>Teach the benefits of doing the course, increase joint\nmobility, better spine flexibility, increase blood flow around the body,\nbreathe more effectively, increase more space for the organs to function\nbetter, increase bone density and health, feel calmer and happier, decrease\nstress levels.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working from home means bending over a laptop for hours on end, and we may start seeing increasing numbers of muscular-skeletal issues. Pilates expert Helen McDonald offers your staff valuable videos and webinars on back care. Aims To implement a lasting legacy of effective healthy posture correction techniques to adopt while working at a desk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Working from home means bending over a laptop for hours on end, and we may start seeing increasing numbers of muscular-skeletal issues. Pilates expert Helen McDonald offers your staff valuable videos and webinars on back care. Aims To implement a lasting legacy of effective healthy posture correction techniques to adopt while working at a desk. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Employees Matter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-06T11:24:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-06T11:27:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zoe Sinclair\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zoe Sinclair\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/\",\"name\":\"Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-06T11:24:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-06T11:27:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c664396ea112e253787f7a2355a2a03b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":1334},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Back Care Awareness Week 5th &#8211; 9th October 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Employees Matter\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c664396ea112e253787f7a2355a2a03b\",\"name\":\"Zoe Sinclair\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b30a1751815589f2638f29ecbd06240?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b30a1751815589f2638f29ecbd06240?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zoe Sinclair\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/author\/emmanager\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter","og_description":"Working from home means bending over a laptop for hours on end, and we may start seeing increasing numbers of muscular-skeletal issues. Pilates expert Helen McDonald offers your staff valuable videos and webinars on back care. Aims To implement a lasting legacy of effective healthy posture correction techniques to adopt while working at a desk. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/","og_site_name":"Employees Matter","article_published_time":"2020-07-06T11:24:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-06T11:27:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":1334,"url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Zoe Sinclair","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zoe Sinclair","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/","url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/","name":"Back Care Awareness Week 5th - 9th October 2020 - Employees Matter","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-06T11:24:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-06T11:27:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c664396ea112e253787f7a2355a2a03b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pilates.jpg","width":750,"height":1334},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/back-care-awareness-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Back Care Awareness Week 5th &#8211; 9th October 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/","name":"Employees Matter","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c664396ea112e253787f7a2355a2a03b","name":"Zoe Sinclair","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b30a1751815589f2638f29ecbd06240?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b30a1751815589f2638f29ecbd06240?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Zoe Sinclair"},"url":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/author\/emmanager\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":934,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}