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02/12/2008
Deskbound employees 'increasingly susceptible to posture problems' |
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Office workers are more susceptible to ailments such as back pain and repetitive strain injury as they spend more and more time at their desks, it has been claimed.
Newer problems such as 'Blackberry thumb' and 'mouse elbow' are beginning to be picked up on, according to Karl Monahan, of the On Site Massage Company.
Sickness absence lost the UK economy £666 per employee last year, a rise from £659 in 2006, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development annual absence management survey.
The report found that the public sector is affected more than average, with sickness absence costing the sector £906 per employee in 2007, up from £732.
Mr Monahan says companies are now starting to "realise" the problems associated with computers getting smaller and more people spending greater lengths of time at their desk.
"They are slowly starting to do things about it and they are moving in the right direction," he added.
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