by Mercury Legal Online | Feb 1, 2016 | Causes, Compensation, News, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders
A Musculoskeletal Disorder, also referred to as an MSD, is a term used to describe a range of strain, sprain and overuse issues affecting peoples’ muscles, joints and nerves. Areas particularly at risk include the back, neck, shoulders and upper limbs. Problems can...
by Mercury Legal Online | Jan 5, 2016 | Causes, Compensation, News, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders
The construction industry can be a dangerous working environment for many reasons, but sometimes the serious accidents and deaths we hear about in the media disguise the amount of illnesses and injuries caused by repetitive actions within the industry. Jobs such as...
by Mercury Legal Online | Dec 22, 2015 | Causes, Compensation, News, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders
Manual Handling covers a wide range of activities such as lifting, lowering, pulling, pushing and carrying. Whether the load being moved is heavy or light; the manner in which it is moved can make the difference between a successful procedure or a short or even...
by Gavin Moat | Apr 30, 2015 | Causes, News, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders
It is more likely that people suffering with lower back problems will have a spine similar in shape to our closest ape ancestor, the chimpanzee, and the findings could help doctors to predict who may be at risk of developing back problems, researchers say. The study,...
by Gavin Moat | Apr 27, 2015 | Causes, News
Mercury Legal is backing a campaign by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA), which is calling for a change in how people are treating their backs, to help combat the country’s increasing neck and back problems. New research by the BCA, which saw them surveying...
by Gavin Moat | Apr 20, 2015 | Causes, News, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders
On Your Feet Britain, a new campaign led by group Get Britain Standing and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is holding an event next Friday (24th April) encouraging office workers to sit down less and move around more. In the first event of its kind, the day will...
