Are you looking for professional independent medical advice?

If you need information on your employees whether its after an injury, an illness, or an absence than CAe can provide specialist occupational health assessments and reports.

What does an independent medical opinion offer?

Professional health advisors can provide guidance and advice to employers. As an employer you need to know if an employee is fit to do the job and whether you need to take further action to support them in the workplace.

What can you expect from our reports?

Minimising the length of absence is important and we know you want prompt reports and detailed information. We aim to provide reports within 3 days of the assessment and ensure our reports address all your concerns. Our reports cover

• Practical advice to comply with Disability legislation

• Access specialist information with the informed consent of your employee

• Detailed report including fitness to work and future issues

• Specific rehabilitation plans and return to work programmes

• Reasonable recommendations about individual cases including referrals to specialist services

Choose from a full range of assessments

Our registered health professionals can undertake health assessments at a convenient location including on-site, off-site or if arranged, a home-visit. Our specialist occupational physicians, nurses and physiotherapists can provide a range of Fit for Work or job specific assessments.

Occupational Health Assessments

Could your employees improve their fitness?

Perhaps you are concerned that the lifestyle of your employees may not be active enough, or maybe you just want to encourage them to take care of their health. Many employees struggle to find the time to exercise properly. With busy lifestyles and long working hours many of us need a little help to look after ourselves.

What can employers do to improve activity levels at work?

Increasing fitness and stamina can improve employee performance and productivity. You can help them by providing guidance and support with taking up exercise and being more active. Many employers are investing in the health and wellbeing of employees as both a way of supporting and encouraging the wellbeing of their staff.

Choose from a range of fun, group based activity session

CA Ergonomics provides a full range of activity service run by health and fitness professionals. If you’d like regular activity sessions or just ad hoc session to compliment a health promotion day you can choose from. If you don’t see something you would like then call us and we will try to help.

On-site Exercise Classes

Are you unsure about the fitness to work of employees?

If you have employees off work with injuries and would like know if they are fit to work or not than a musculoskeletal assessment can help. Ca Ergononomics can provide detailed, thorough reports on fitness and capacity to work.

How can you benefit from a musculoskeletal assessment?

Using a professional musculoskeletal assessment service will provide you with guidance and information on how to address the problem. Whether it’s from issues in the workplace or difficulties an individual might be having with their work. Dealing with a problem is easier if you know how to manage it.

Call us for help with musculoskeletal assessment

CA Ergonomics has a track record of providing musculoskeletal assessments for employers. Our Specialist occupational physiotherapists can offer a full range of services to provide you with information and guidance on workplace injuries and fitness to work.

Choose from our range of Musculoskeletal Assessment Services

Are you concerned about absence due to injuries at work?

Do you have problems with musculoskeletal injuries such as back pain, neck pain or shoulder pain at work? Injuries can be a major cause of absence from work and a signficant cost for businesses?

How are you managing your workplace injuries

Many employers leave their employees on sick leave to recover by themselves. However, this often results in long periods off work so doing nothing can be a very costly option.

Can you benefit from on-site physiotherapy?

Many musculoskeletal problems can be effectively managed with physiotherapy. By providing specialist occupational physiotherapy services you can improve your productivity, reduce waiting times for treatments, eliminate time away from work and provide a faster return to work.

Is Occupational physiotherapy in the workplace cost-effective.

Using physiotherapy to reduce absence will provide a significant return on your investment. In fact its been shown that as much as 400% savings can be made. There is an added benefit that Occupational Physiotherapists can also provide ergonomic workplace assessments, fit for work assessments, and injury management services.

Call us for help with your injury management

CA Ergonomics has a track record of providing on-site physiotherapy for employers. Our Specialist physiotherapists can offer a full range of services to improve not only your absence rate but to improve the wellbeing of all your employees. We can provide regular clinics for injury management or ad hoc services for assessment purposes.

With only 25 office staff it was decided to provide an ergonomist-led training programme which taught individuals how to organise and assess the suitability of their own workstation. The delegates took their own chair, keyboard and mouse into the training session to allow for more interactive work and discussions.

After the training session each member of staff spent time at their own workstation implementing any changes they had learnt from the training session. The ergonomist spent time visiting each individual in turn to discuss the various options and identify which were most appropriate.

The two training sessions were conducted over the course of one day and everyone felt they had learnt new skills and knowledge to help prevent simple problems that can occur with constant computer use.

What are the benefits of Manual Handling Training

Manual Handling injuries account for a large number of back injuries and absence from work. Reducing back injuries can make a significant savings for your business. Providing Manual Handling Training will help your employees to take care of themselves and you business.

Why use CA Ergonomics

Our expertise in Manual Handling covers a wide range of sectors including construction, retail, manufacturing, education and health care.

Our professionals have many years clinical experience of dealing with back pain and implementing preventative strategies in organisations.

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Manual Handling Training Course Aims

This half day training course will provide delegates with an understanding of the risks of manual handling operations and skills needed to reducing the strain of lifting. This is a practical course that focuses on lifting and handling techniques in line with current best practice.

Manual Handling Course Suitability

The course is suitable for anyone who requires a basic awareness of safe manual handling techniques and needs the skills to reduce the risk of injuries.

Manual Handling Course Outcomes

Delegates will be able to
• Understand the effects of lifting and handling on the the spine and body
• Consider the causes of manual handling related injuries
• Describe the principles of load and balance as it relates to the human body
• Outline the legal requirements relating to manual handling at work
• Evaluate the manual handling situation & environment
• Demonstrate safe handling techniques in the movement of various loads

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If you would like to reduce the number of injuries and absence from back pain than a Manual Handling Risk Assessment can help. CA Ergonomics provides a number of Manual Handling Risk Assessments from a Standard HSE Risk Assessment to a Complex Manual Handling Risk Assessment.

1. HSE Manual Handling Risk Assessment

Are you concerned that your work environment meets the minimum standards required by law. If so, than a Risk Assessment can help. A Manual Handling Risk assessment will show if the work your employees undertake is putting them at risk of injury. CA Ergonomics provides Manual Handling Risk Assessments that cover all the required areas such as

• individual
• equipment used
• lifting and carrying tasks
• environment

2. Complex Manual Handling Risk Assessment

This assessment is designed for more complicated manual handling operations and involves using ergnomic methods and detailed calculations to determine the level of risk. The method will also allow comparision of different solutions to detemine the most cost- effective for the business.

Detailed Ergonomic Manual Handling Report include

1. Hazard Identification

2. Risk Assessments through established methods

• NIOSH Lifting Equations
• Snook Tables or Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables
• Mital et. al. Tables
• Posture Analysis with Photographic evidence

3. Root Cause Workshop

Participatory Approach to Root Cause and evaluation of problems

4. Manual Handling Hazard Control

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Driver Ergonomic Assessment


Our Driver Ergonomic Assessment is designed for clients with chronic neck, shoulder, back or hip pain. However these Driver assessments have proven equally useful for all drivers and passengers who are looking for greater comfort while travelling.

Our experts provide guidance and advice on sitting posture and driving techniques, the use of back supports and seating adjustments. They can make recommendations regarding suitable vehicles according to an individual’s disability and possible alternative options.
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What does a Vehicle Ergonomic Assessment involve?

A thorough driver seat assessment will ensure that all aspects of vehicle design are evaluated and factors contributing to pain and discomfort identified. A full assessment will cover the following aspects

• Individual musculoskeletal assessment
• Evaluation of driver car, car seat and adjustments
• Working posture evaluation
• Positioning of steering wheel, pedals and gear stick
• Use of back supports and adjustments
• Work techniques to reduce discomfort

Find out more on 0845 4507316

What you will achieve with a Car Ergonomic Assessment

Following a full Vehicle Ergonomic Assessment you will understand the most effective ways to improve your sitting comfort and perfromance at work. It should be remembered that it can take up to 6 weeks to feel the full benefit of an Ergonomic Car Assessment and to become accustomed to the changes in posture and driving position. You should expect

• improvements in comfort while sitting and driving
• driving techniques which decrease pain and discomfort
• knolwedge of supports and adjustments that improve sitting comfort and driving tolerance



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It was decided that a DSE & Musculoskeletal Assessment would be the most appropriate intervention as all 4 members of staff could be assessed within an afternoon. CAe undertook a thorough assessment of all the issues associated with the existing health problems.

The solutions were relatively easy to implement and focused on the individual’s posture, chair adjustments or equipment layout. Individualised guidance and advice to the employees were provided and most of the issues were resolved on-site the same day with minimal expenditure on new equipment

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