We offer a diverse range of products and services across our MoveSAFE suite to address the complex risks and impacts that musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) have on workforce health and productivity.
As we partner with organisations across government, utilities, transport, manufacturing, construction, mining, health, and defence, we recognise that each workplace has unique and complex needs. Therefore, each of our services and products is tailored to the needs of your workforce to create safer, healthier, and more sustainable workplaces.
Nick Davies is a Senior Consultant at Ethos Health with over a decade of experience helping organisations across multiple industries reduce the personal, social, and financial impact of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). He specialises in injury prevention and risk reduction, providing our range of MoveSAFE injury prevention and management services.
Dr James Wallace is a Senior Consultant with over 18 years’ experience as a Physiotherapist, a double master’s degree in Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, and a PhD that centred on injury risk-reduction in RAAF fighter pilots. He holds an adjunct position with the University of Newcastle, with a focus on injury prevention research. Splitting his time between our clinic and our workplace services, James specialises in combining an evidence-based approach that delivers tailored and pragmatic solutions to support workplaces to meaningfully reduce injury risk.
Dr Jess Wright is Senior Consultant at Ethos Health, bringing a strong background in physiotherapy and several years of experience in sports and fitness. She applies her expertise in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and movement optimisation to support workplace health and safety, helping organisations reduce injury risk and enhance employee performance through evidence-based strategies.
Matt Cooper is our Senior Fatigue Consultant, bringing a BSc in Sport Performance and a Postgraduate Certificate in Organisational Safety and Human Factors. His expertise spans human factors, workplace performance and safety, with additional knowledge in physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, sociology, and psychology.
Chris Morton is Chief Operations Officer & Senior Workplace Health Consultant at Ethos Health, with over 20 years’ experience as a senior physiotherapist. He specialises in leading workplace health initiatives, consulting across industries, and overseeing business operations to support effective, evidence-based outcomes.
Luke is an experienced physiotherapist with a special interest in back and neck pain, headaches and migraines, vestibular conditions, and post-operative rehabilitation. He combines manual therapy with exercise-based treatment and a strong focus on patient education to support long-term recovery.
We assess whether workers have the capacity to safely meet the physical demands of their roles. Physical screening also allows risks for future musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to be identified.
Tailored assessments may include:
Periodic assessments help to ensure that workers are maintaining the capacity for the demands of their job, and that any risks for future MSD are identified early which enables timely intervention and management before they become an issue.
We identify hazardous manual tasks and assess their MSD risks. Combining our expertise with the insight of your workforce, we provide targeted pragmatic controls to reduce workers risk of MSDs. Collaborating with your team, we gather insights to improve long-term workplace health and safety.
We also provide in-person and online self-assessment tools for office workstations and mobile plant operator ergonomics.
Our hands-on, role-specific training equips workers to identify and manage workplace risks. Participants learn to:
By empowering workers with the right tools and knowledge, we can further reduce their risk of MSDs in the workplace.
We undertake a deeper analysis of your workplace’s risk profile and existing risk management systems to identify hazards and reduce MSD risk. In consultation with workforce representatives, we develop a targeted, practical risk treatment plan that is easier to implement and more effective.
This approach supports informed decision-making, strengthens long-term workplace health and safety, and improves overall MSD management, helping create a safer, healthier, and more productive workforce.
Tailored to your workplace and its needs, a structured framework is created to assist you in identify and manage risks related to manual handling tasks. It enhances workplace safety by:
This approach fosters a safety-conscious culture, improves compliance with regulations, and ultimately protects employee well-being and organizational productivity.
We support workers returning to work safely after injury. These assessments:
This ensures organisations maintain strong risk management systems while workers get confidence and support.
Our system flags early symptoms or changes in a worker’s risk profile so managers can apply the right early intervention assessment at the right time. By identifying issues early, we prevent MSDs from developing or worsening, reducing impacts on both workers and the workplace.
An experienced Physiotherapist embedded in the workplace gives workers early access to care for MSDs with a provider they trust, improving clinical outcomes, shortening recovery time, and limiting productivity loss.
Embedded Physiotherapists better understand the specific demands of your workplace and develop trusting relationship with your workforce. This approach ensures:
By actively managing care, we help workers recover faster while maintaining productivity.
Embedded physiotherapists also support preventative activities such as task training, task analysis, and ergonomic assessments, further reducing injury risk.
We train first aiders and Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) to use an evidence-based, systematic approach when triaging injuries. Participants learn to:
The training uses a hands-on, participatory approach, including case studies and group discussion. Resources are provided to reinforce learning and ensure clear information is available when they need it.
This approach ensures injured workers are provided with good care and decision making, while avoiding unwarranted escalation.
We design customised procedures and early intervention systems to manage musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace. We assess risk factors, implement evidence-based protocols, and establish clear pathways for early reporting, assessment, and treatment of MSDs.
These systems help workers access timely care, reduce injury severity, and support faster recovery. For workplaces, they improve compliance, reduce claim frequency and costs, and embed a proactive approach to injury prevention and workforce health.
An experienced Physiotherapist embedded in the workplace gives workers early access to care for MSDs with a provider they trust, improving clinical outcomes, shortening recovery time, and limiting productivity loss.
Embedded Physiotherapists better understand the specific demands of your workplace and develop trusting relationship with your workforce . This approach ensures:
By actively managing care, we help workers recover faster while maintaining productivity.
Embedded physiotherapists also support preventative activities such as task training, task analysis, and ergonomic assessments, further reducing injury risk.
Workplaces benefit from partnering with local physiotherapists experienced in workplace MSDs. These clinicians provide targeted treatment and advice tailored to the needs of both the worker and the workplace. Their expertise helps:
Our On-Call Clinic gives workplaces rapid access to clinical support when injuries occur. Employers can connect injured workers with qualified clinicians for timely assessment, advice, and injury management guidance.
By addressing injuries early, the On-Call Clinic helps reduce severity, support informed decision-making, and minimise unnecessary time away from work. This service strengthens workplace injury management and return-to-work systems.
Ethos Health’s On-Call Triage service provides immediate clinical support for workplace injuries. Our clinicians quickly assess musculoskeletal injuries, recommend appropriate care, and guide next steps—whether urgent medical attention, same-day physiotherapy, or workplace-based management.
This rapid response supports early intervention, avoids unnecessary escalation, and keeps workers on track for a safe return to work with good care and decision making. Employers benefit from confident, evidence-based decision-making and strengthened injury management processes.
Our Post-Injury Task Risk Review helps workplaces understand the risk factors that culminated in a workplace injury. Combining our expertise with the insight of your workforce, we provide targeted pragmatic controls to help avoid this workplace injury from being repeated. Collaborating with your team, we gather insights to improve keep your workforce safe.
Correctly classifying MSDs in the workplace ensures accurate reporting, and a better understanding of the factors that culminated in a workplace MSD. Having accurate data and a better understanding of workplace risk factors provides the ability to develop more effective and efficient control measures.
Our MoveSAFE technologies are a key part of the framework that enhances face-to-face consultancy and training services and streamlines the management of hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. Our approach reduces musculoskeletal injuries, submitted claims, lead indicators, RTW duration, absenteeism and associated costs to your organisation.
