Results from a survey by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), showed that people are not taking enough breaks at work to stay healthy and productive with one in four people admitting they regularly worked all day without taking a break. 54% said they went to work feeling stressed or physically unwell and of the 2600 working adults who responded, half worked through their breaks because of their work load and 46% said they were srressed due to lack of staff to do the work expected of them. Nearly a third said they experienced pain whilst at work through working in the same position for long periods of time or being too busy with work to exercise.
The CSP launched its ‘Fit to Work’ campaign in June to raise the issue and said “Work is good for us and can contribute to physical and mental well being- but not when overworking means people dont have the time or the energy to look after their own health or when staff are at work but are not fit for work”
Figures from the Work Foundation estimate sick days due to musculo-skeletal disorders such as ongoing back pain cost society £7.4billion a year, while the Health & Safety Executive has put the cost to UK employers of absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover due to work related stress at £28.3billion.
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