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Back to work… The public sector, like most sectors, is under extreme financial pressure and with the likelihood of considerable funding cuts in the near future, the emotional health of senior managers and its employees may be at serious risk. Joy’s Health at Work Services can help a workforce survive such turbulent events by providing a range of options that address the everyday practical health problems of office workers, as well as the more insidious issues of stress that are severely heightened in periods of uncertainty. Joy’s Health at Work Services can provide the employer with a series of structured courses and bespoke workshops. These can help address the following problems: back pain, stress management, RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), mental health difficulties (including depression), persistent headaches and migraine, and specific single issues, eg. dealing with asthma, bullying and post-traumatic solutions. LAMBETH COUNCIL Joy Anderson, CEO of YogaForBackPain, was instrumental in successfully setting up and establishing an annual Health Week for Lambeth Council Senior Managers in August 2005. This entailed a local group of therapists offering their services, free of charge, to promote health in the workplace. It was a pilot project and after two years of volunteering our services, Lambeth Council now has funding to provide pay for the therapists whilst giving a free service to its employees.
Joy’s Health at Work Services can be adapted to suit a variety of corporate solutions, eg. bespoke workshops and individual programmes, consultative and diagnostic services and back to work action plans. On-site Workshops/Classes/Treatments Joy’s Health at Work Services can be facilitated in the workplace as part of a specific programme, or as one-off taster sessions, which are highly effective as icebreakers at conferences, educational demonstrations or as part of team bonding activities. Consultative and Diagnostic Services If required, Joy can provide an evaluation of corporate needs and will work closely with the employer to develop Health in the Workplace action plans with costed solutions. Health Benefits to Employers/Employees • Immediate improved feeling of wellbeing (happier workforce) • Boost immune system (less sickness) • Increased energy (more efficiency)
• Relief from health problems associated with sedentary occupation, eg. arthritic type conditions, general stiffness, fatigue, etc. (empowers employee to improve and maintain their health) • Prevention and solution for RSI and similar overuse injuries (reduction in compensation claims) How? Joy’s Health at Work What makes Joy’s approach so Services offer the following: unique is the way she is not only o Yoga able to draw from a plethora of techniques including yoga, massage, o Back Pain Clinic Pilates, Alexander and Feldenkrais, o Massage o RSI Clinic but she is also able to tailor her o Stress Management services to meet individual needs. Wherever possible, she will include o Depression Clinic o Individual and pupils with special needs into group work with mainstream classes. For example, trauma victims Joy can modify the exercises so they can be executed seated, this way everyone feels included. She uses assistants where necessary.This is what makes her sessions so adaptable, powerful and restorative. Corporate Benefits and Services Joy’s Health at Work Services offer bespoke and generic solutions to the following, and will help to create a ‘feel good factor’ at work. • Reduction in sickness/absence • Improved employee performance and output • Improved morale and staff relations, creating a feeling of shared community • Reduction in stress • Bespoke programmes for executives Back to Work Action Plan Joy’s Health at Work Services can also help employees to be integrated back to the workforce after long-term absence due to some of the following: chronic illness, specific life crisis or mental health difficulties, such as depression, bereavement or relationship breakdown. Bespoke workshops or individual programmes can be arranged as considered appropriate. If you are an employer/employee who is interested in introducing any of these services to your workplace go to www.YogaforBackPain.com/HealthatWorkServices and Joy will be happy to discuss your requirements.
You can download a FREE 5-part mini course from Joy’s website www.YogaforBackPain.com