A resent study unveils that UK office workers have seen considerable reductions in shoulder and back pain by wearing telephone headset for making calls.

In accordance to the resent research carried out by Plantronics and a European College of Chiropractic, over a four weeks period, 50 % of the participants who encountered headaches and neck ache at the start off of the study 44% and 54% correspondingly revealed that they no longer encountered any pains. This study also revealed a lowering in upper back and shoulder pain, with a decrease in the amount of days for the duration of which they encountered the pain and their pain levels.

The demands of modern day office staff working environments and procedures can lead to increases in health and fitness problems at work, in particular back pain and musculoskeletal difficulties (which includes neck and shoulder pain) which are frequently acknowledged as being among the leading three causes of prolonged term of sickness absence of European and UK workers which cost approximately 2.5% of UK GDP around £13 billion every single year in treatments and benefits including lost production.

A leading Doctor at the National UK charity BackCare states that: “We see numerous UK office workers with back and acute neck problems which can be prevented by taking straightforward measures at the workplace – like using a telephone headsets for calls and obtaining ergonomic desks and chairs. This is a significant and preventable issue, by providing employees the correct tools to help their daily tasks, absolutely everyone can benefit.”

“It’s obvious from this study that modest changes in the workplace, such as supplying all personnel with telephone headset, brings about a healthier working environment and thus reducing issues of absence due to sickness.”  The HR Director at Plantronics responses: “The calling this year is to business employers to adopt new technologies and products that will assistance their personnel and business in both the short and long-term.”

The amount of time expended on audio conference calls is in the increase, resulting in today's current UK office-based professional spending additional hours on the telephone than previously. Combined with increases in work intensity in the last few decades throughout Europe, numerous businesses are experiencing problems of absenteeism as staff members are having time off work owing to workplace related ill-health and stress.

“This study illustrates that workers wearing telephone headsets revealed a decrease in neck, Head and shoulder symptoms – typically caused by using a telephone handset and cradling it between the shoulder neck while multi-tasking during calls,” says a researcher from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic. .

There is a measureable risk for any individual using the telephone for as long two or three hours each day by using a telephone headset, telephone related issues can be minimized and possible be eradicated. Furthermore, a wireless telephone headset enables for fluid communications and activities and gives the user a higher overall flexibility of mobility, which means strenuous movements and unpleasant postures, such as cradling the handset in between shoulder and neck, our having to stretch out to reach for items are eradicated. Participants are capable to multi-task a lot more effectively and in this study pretty much 60% confessed to discovering the headset beneficial and useful.