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Bad back- Need a good back support for work

  • 06-09-2011 7:31pm
    #1
    ulinbac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 707 ✭✭✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I have a back problem (fused vertabrae in my upper spine) and just started work today. The chairs are really bad and quite sore after day one! Could anyone here recommend a back support that I could wear under my shirt that would not be seen and easy to put on?

    Thanks in Advance

    Mods: not too sure if in the right forum, going with the Health title on it. Feel free to move if necessary


Comments

  • #2
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Might not be the same in every company but I dislocated my SI joints playing football before and when I got back to work I asked if I could get a chair with better back support.. Health & Safety officer got on to it straight away! I was only working there a month or so when it happened

    Might be worth asking!


  • #3
    Long Term Louth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Long Term Louth


    If the type of work you do requires constant sitting and is a job in which you have just returned to, a new risk assessment should be carried out and adequate control measures adapted, taking your back condition into consideration. You have a legal entitlement under Health and Safety legislation.


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