Workplace Report December 2003

Features: Health & safety - HSE monitor

Warm up exercises

Health and safety isn't a laughing matter, but a recent HSE appeal might make some people smile. The HSE has commissioned Human Engineering Ltd to investigate whether limbering up exercises at work reduce musculoskeletal disorders. Sceptics cite a review of workplace limbering up exercises at work, published last year in the British Medical Journal, which concluded they were a waste of time.