Why is it important to promote easy access to health care to your employees?

Work-related injuries commonly appears in form of muscle tension; back, neck and shoulder tension or pain; abnormal muscle guarding related to stress; abnormal posture on computer desk; all building a chronic vicious cycle of tension, pain, abnormal postural compensation and again tension.

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is the most common form of work-related injury characterized by pain and dysfunction, often of an incapacitating nature, of the upper limb. The pain is often described as “burning” and may be accompanied by tenderness, sensory disturbance and autonomic dysfunction. Some of the hypotheses used to explain RSI are muscle pain and tension resulted from abnormal postures due to long periods spent in a fixed position, performing a range of tasks without moving from their workstation and using only a limited range of movement to operate their keyboard.

How to tackle RSI?

Work-related disorders are preventable and therefore action taken should aim to do exactly that. Ergonomic and posture advice, self-management advice, home exercise programmes are amongst the treatments found to be effective. Preventive actions enclose workstation risk assessments with consequent changes to job tasks when needed, and breaks, appropriate training about posture, and exercise.

By providing the Corporate Discount Card benefits, your employee will find at the Physiotherapy and Posture Clinic an array of discounted services to help them cope with any ailments derived from sports or work-related injuries.


How the Corporate Discount Program works?

With this partnership, your organization will offer discounted physiotherapy treatment to your staff at a highly preferential rate, available exclusively through you as an employer.  Implementing the Corporate Discount benefit at your company is completely cost free with little administrative burden. If your company already offers other benefits to your employees, this partnership could be included in your package.

The card is provided to your company free of charge and without any obligation. The discount scheme in form of card facilitates the distribution to your employees through internal email, newsletter or correspondence, availability from the HR office after internal notification, or distribution on staff room.


Which are the benefits of the Corporate Discount Program?

The Corporate Discount Program is the ideal way to save even more money on your rehabilitation costs and an easy way to bring benefits to your employees at no extra cost. The benefits offered by the partnership with Physiotherapy and Posture Clinic will includ

• No cost to your organization

• Reduced consultation price for any treatment or massage in the clinic

• Reduced fees on on-site seminars on Posture Awareness at the Workplace, individually designed to your employee’s needs

• Facilitation of awareness materials (leaflets) with extra information for your employees on recovery/prevention of work-related injuries

• Allocated on-site free consultations (chats) for those who wants to now more about work-related injury rehabilitation

• Happier and more productive employees. Employees who are pain-free at workstation or can better manage their pain tend to be more cheerful and productive at work.

• Employees or members will appreciate that you are looking out for their best interest.  While many organizations are forced to cut back on benefits, you will be able to offer employees reduced rate treatment at a local clinic.

• Reduced health care expense. Your employees will enjoy better health.
  
  

For More Info

To discuss setting up a discounted membership program in Physiotherapy and Posture Clinic for your employees or members, email laylane@hotmail.com or call 079 0433 5624

*Note: Requires a minimum of 5 employees/members to join Physiotherapy and Posture Clinic from a participating organization in order to qualify for discount.