Connie,
There are specialist chair centres around the country -your local NHS physio
dept will probably be able to advise of ones in your area. You could take
him to one of them and he'll be able to look at and try various models of
chair and will possibly be able to identify one similar to the one he had.
Usually these places will give a chair on loan so the person can try it out
for suitability before purchase. Obviously you have to document that he has
also been given postural advice and of his responsibilities under the
various relevant Acts to follow this advice.
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Connie Pieroway
Sent: 20 May 2008 17:58
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] "Chairgate"
Hello - I don't know if anyone has any ideas on this?? If you've dealt
with similar, or know of something we can try then please let me know.
Situation:
Male client with history of niggly left shoulder blade pain, on and off
over the past few years.
A few years back, acquired a "special" chair from a colleague who no
longer needed it and in his opinion it helped with this back pain. Then
he moved offices and the chair was lost. However he was provided with a
good standard of office chair and DSE assessed in his new office. He did
not like the new chair. His Posture was noted to be bad and he was
unwilling to use the chair as advised. Niggle's returned. DSE assessment
carried out again and new "special chair" (different brand as didn't know
what he had at old office)suggested and provided. He was OK for a while
but is again complaining about left shoulder blade pain. I watched him
from afar and observed his sitting posture to be poor, and put it too him
(again).
He does not think he should take any responsibility for how he is in work,
and that the chair should fix his upper back problem. He sits at a desk
for most of the day and spends a fair amount of time on the phone too.
Refuses to consider a head-set. He wants another "special chair" and is
doggedly going on about the last one and how no-one made an effort to find
it for him, which is a tad wearing as there is not a lot I can do about
that.
He was insistent that he does not have time to go for a physio assessment,
or to see his GP, and in his opinion the issue is the chair, and so, it is
the companies responsibility to fix for him. He now claims that he has
seen his GP who has said that as he is OK out of work, then it is clearly
work related and so what he needs is another "special" chair, which will
fix the problem. I don't want to undermine the GP's opinion but if my
client kept going on and on they way he does with me then his GP could
have given in for an easy life. Who knows?!
In 8 years of OH he is the first person I've come accross like this that I
could not help to see sense (lucky me eh?!) and contrary to what you might
think from reading this post, I can be very patient. I'm only there one
day per week though so he has had time to dwell on "the chair" by the time
I get there and he stores it all up, to repeat to me. Help - I am all
ears!
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