Jonathan Hulme, Director Bad Backs, visits the Bimos head office and manufacturing site
Bimos is the leading manufacturer of laboratory, cleanroom, ESD and workplace seating in Europe.
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Bad Backs welcomes the EnergyPod® by Metronaps®
The EnergyPod® by Metronaps® is the worlds first chair designed exclusively for power napping in the work place.
Studies have shown that taking a short nap during the day improves alertness, learning, creativity and mood… and regular napping has been documented to reduce stress and significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. The EnergyPod’s zero gravity position, specially composed sle…
Back pain and irritable bowel syndrome: how they’re linked
Anecdotal evidence is showing there is a link between back pain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Although around 1 in 5 Australians are thought to have IBS, a small percentage of these people will go on to experience associated back pain.
TOGU International Partner Meeting, Austria June 2016
Jonathan Hulme, Director of Bad Backs has just returned from the TOGU international Dealer day in Kossen, Austria.
About 15 of TOGU’s top international dealers attended the hands on meeting which covered new products and training techniques.
This year there was a focus on FASCIAL TRAINING, the goal of which is to make the connective tissue more elastic through four different principles of…
Exercise And Rehabilitation: The Right Tools For Back Pain Management
The very best therapy for back pain is exercise. The kind of exercise will look a bit different for everybody and every taste. However, to maintain strength, flexibility and bone density the body must keep active. Bad Backs stocks an aladdin’s cave of unique ergonomic tools to enhance the exercise experience, and to promote recovery or management of back pain.
What is Ergonomics?
Derived from the Greek ergon (work) and nomos (laws)…ergonomics is the study of people’s efficiency in their working environment.
What does that mean in regards to you, other workers and the workplace? Well, whether at home, at work or in life generally, it’s important to recognise factors such as:
Stress on the body or mind, and
Support in various areas such as sitting, standing or …
Supporting Australia Made’s annual awareness campaign
Bad Backs is proud to support Aussie farmers, makers and manufacturers, by getting behind our Aussie logo – the green-and-gold Australian Made, Australian Grown kangaroo logo.
The iconic green-and-gold logo is on our Australian Natural Buckwheat Pillow and helps promote the fact that Bad Backs manufactures right here in Australia. The logo is also an important part of our philosophy on sourc…
Complementary health approaches to back pain – are they helpful or harmful?
At Bad Backs we witness a full range of approaches to chronic pain management and monitor studies on complementary health with interest, always seeking opportunities to inform and empower the one in ten Australians living with back pain. Â Traditionally western medicine looks at treating the body, often relying on pharmaceuticals or surgery to ease and treat pain.
Australian researchers closer to interrupting chronic back pain
Researchers at Sydney’s Royal North Shore hospital are moving closer to interrupting chronic back pain with an exciting new innovation, which is currently in trial stages.
The trial centres on the Saluda spinal implant, otherwise known as a spinal cord stimulator, that sits at the base of the spine, and slightly to the right. Its job is to monitor the electrical impulses travelling across t…
The relationship between healthy feet and back Ppain
The human body is an integrated machine. No body part works in isolation. Like the beat of a butterfly’s wings, a minor toe injury can have a huge and unexpected impact on the back. Compare the gait of an able walker with someone who has suffered a recent sprain. They are immediately off-balance.
