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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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.
The benefits of good posture
Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!” or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying—but they’re not wrong. Your posture is the foundation for every movement your body makes and can determine how well your body adapts to the stresses on it. Murat Dalkilinç gives the pros of good posture.
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Exercise to boost spine muscles and relieve pain
Pounding the pavements, spin class or the working out at the gym feels rather compulsory when squeezed into spare moments between commuting, working and family life instead of the joyful experience we wish it was.
Exercise becomes a less palatable prospect when lower back pain flares up. The fear of grimacing through pain or straining sore muscles leads to avoidance behaviours. But persever…
10 great activities to improve your back strength
While an apple a day keeps the doctor away, daily physical activities can improve your back strength, and prevent ongoing pain. If sweating it out at the gym isn’t your thing, then you might like to try something that you can slot into your everyday activities with ease, or share with your friends and family.
