Ethos Health’s musculoskeletal services are designed to manage hazardous manual tasks and provide risk management systems to reduce the burden of musculoskeletal disorders to both the workforce and workplace.
Our Injury Prevention & Management services can be implemented across all industry sectors. Ethos Health has worked with organisations in utilities, transport and logistics, construction, mining and more, to control hazards, reduce risks and decrease rate of injury.
Our Early Intervention Assessment is designed to identify potential injuries before they escalate. By assessing risk factors and addressing issues at the onset, we help prevent long-term injuries and ensure a quicker recovery. Our expert team works closely with you to develop personalised strategies, providing immediate support and guidance to minimise disruption and maintain workforce well-being.
Designed as a rapid response assessment for a work-related musculoskeletal injury. The assessment and report give all stakeholders (workplace, injured worker, physician, treating health professional and insurer) clear injury management strategies which may include treatment plans, modification of duties, recovery timelines and self-management strategies to reduce risk of restricted work/loss time injuries and support accelerated return to previous duties.
Developed to assist workplaces understand the risk of musculoskeletal injuries. This survey is completed by the workforce to provide an insight into the baseline maturity of a workplace. The survey considers demographics, health risk factors, systems, culture and leadership.
At Ethos Health, our onsite clinic provides comprehensive services to enhance workplace safety and productivity. Through innovative prevention strategies, early intervention and expert guidance, our highly skilled team of industrial physiotherapists work to reduce musculoskeletal injuries, minimise their impact on core business activities and accelerate recovery. We focus on decreasing submitted claims, lag indicators, return-to-work duration, absenteeism and associated costs.
Ethos Health’s movement specialists collaborate with your workforce experts to assess the functional demands of manual tasks. We provide control measures and improvements aligned with the hierarchy of controls to minimise injury risk. The findings from the manual task risk assessment are presented in a report that follows national hazardous manual task management standards.
The Workstation ErgoCHECK employs a unique ’12 Point’ assessment to swiftly identify musculoskeletal disorder risks at individual workstations. Workers receive a summary report with suggested modifications, while recommendations for new or replacement equipment are provided to management. This preventative tool allows for more detailed assessments if specific injury management is needed.
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Determines an injured workers’ ability to meet the inherent functional demands of the job and guides their efficient return to work to undertake pre-injury duties. The assessment ensures that workers returning to high risk or physically demanding tasks have demonstrated the functional capacity to do their role safely.
MoveSAFE training contextualises the individual and workplace burden of musculoskeletal injuries, encouraging workers to reflect on behaviours that elevate their injury risk. It equips participants with knowledge of injury mechanics and recognition of hazardous tasks, offering tailored strategies to address multiple risk factors and complement existing manual task risk assessments.
Adapted from elite sports, the Prestart Warm Up prepares cold muscles for work-related movements. This active technique enhances range of motion and joint strength, promoting functional fitness and reducing injury risk. Workers also receive stretches to perform throughout the day, helping mitigate injury during tasks with awkward postures or repetitive actions.
This training teaches key workforce members how to provide constructive feedback on safe manual task techniques. Participants learn strategies for reviewing and training both new and current employees, conducting risk assessments for common manual tasks, and addressing questions related to essential principles for performing these tasks safely and effectively.
This training equips workforce leaders with a deeper understanding of musculoskeletal injury management. Participants learn to identify manual task hazards, implement controls, and monitor injury trends to proactively reduce risk. Skills include instructing others on safe manual task completion, managing workplace injuries, and conducting risk assessments to minimize injury risk.
Our ErgoCHECK self-assessment and reporting system offers a comprehensive workstation evaluation, covering desk height, chair position, monitor placement, keyboard, mouse, phone, and document positioning. Suitable for seated, standing, or mechanical riser desks in both office and home environments, it provides interactive, tailored suggestions while minimising new equipment recommendations. Upon completion, employees receive an instant report detailing identified issues and changes made, while employers gain secure access to a live dashboard with all assessments and recommendations in a clear format.
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Ethos Health’s approach to role profiling / task analysis is underpinned by MoveSAFE Profiler, a proprietary platform that enables us to assess, capture, analyse and report on task and role risk and model the impact of proposed changes. Users can also manage suitable duties at the click of a button.
Profiler takes a unique approach to assessing physical, psychosocial and environmental risk factors for each task, before aggregating task data into a role profile report.
