MEDIA ARTICLES
Reception-aged girls more likely to experience musculoskeletal pain, study finds
May 2024 - Education Digest – Twinkl
98.5% of early years staff suffer chronic pain
Jan/Feb 2024 - Educate – National Education Union
People working in the early years have ‘more pain and frequency of high-risk musculoskeletal disorders’
Dec 2023 - Early Years Digest – Twinkl
Society of Occupational Medicine Occupational Physiotherapists – Lorna Taylor
November 2023
Getting educated on musculoskeletal health
Oct 2022 - Safety Management - British Safety Council
MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY TEACHERS
Spring 2021 - OH Today
New HSE guidance: Preventing Musculoskeletal disorders in the early years workforce
May 2021 - NAHT Edge - National Association of Head Teachers
With kids stuck at home in lockdown, could Covid-19 leave our children with hunched spines?
July 2020 The Sun
How Lorna is watching the backs of staff working with children
Dec 2018 Derby Telegraph
So, what’s musculoskeletal health and how is it related to wellbeing in schools?
July 2018 #Teacher5aday
Growth Hub celebrates its 4th birthday with success story and thanks from Jolly Back.
Dec 2018 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (D2N2)
A Pain In The Back – Is Your Early Years Setting Bad For Your Health?
August 2016 Teachwire
Back-Healthy Technology Use for Children and Schools
An evidence based article where Lorna explains the challenges and implications of technology use in schools and at home and offers practical solutions for schools and families.
Children, Young People and Families Occupational Therapy Journal Autumn 2016 Volume 20, Number 2, p14-16
Children, Young People and Families Occupational Therapy Journal Autumn 2016 Volume 20, Number 2, p14-16
"Are they sitting comfortably? - Investigating whether todays' classroom furniture is really fit for 21st Century learning.
Article published in Teach Secondary Magazine
September 2016 Edition
September 2016 Edition
"10 Steps to KeePing Your Back Healthy"
Article published in SEN Magazine
July/August 2016 Edition
July/August 2016 Edition
Think only adults get bad backs?
Meet the children crippled by modern life thanks to spending up to SEVEN HOURS a day on laptops and iPads
Article in Daily Mail
24 March 2016
Article in Daily Mail
24 March 2016
"Back Health in Education"
Article in Occupational Health Physiotherapy Journal pages 13-17
Summer 2015 Edition
Summer 2015 Edition
"Tablet device warning to schools: Best laid plans could go awry"
Article in Connect, Cardinus Risk Management magazine
Spring Edition 2015
Spring Edition 2015
"Back Health in Education"
Article in Occupational Health Physiotherapy Journal pages 14-19
See Volume 18.3 November 2014
"Lessons in Back Care....when the workplace is the classroom there are back care issues for staff and pupils"
Column 26.3, Journal of the National Back Exchange
1 September 2014
1 September 2014
'a back injury time bomb'
Video games, tablets and smartphones are 'a back injury time bomb' for children who are increasingly sedentary, study warns
13 November 2013
Is your Child's School Bag Damaging Their Spine?
Is your child's school bag damaging their spine?
Lorna was interviewed as a paediatric physiotherapist for the Daill Mail
14 May 2102
Lorna was interviewed as a paediatric physiotherapist for the Daill Mail
14 May 2102
Analysis: Back pain shown to afflict the majority of practitioners
Nursery World
19 April 2011
19 April 2011
Tiny classroom furniture in primary schools is a health hazard for teachers
Source: The Telegraph
Tiny chairs, desks and extra-low sinks may make the classroom ideal for children but it is turning them into a health hazard for teachers, claims a new study.
2 April 2011
Tiny chairs, desks and extra-low sinks may make the classroom ideal for children but it is turning them into a health hazard for teachers, claims a new study.
2 April 2011
Jolly good idea puts Lorna Taylor in the hot seat
Source: Daily Express
A new type of chair spells jolly good news for anyone working at a low height, such as primary teachers.
12 January 2011
A new type of chair spells jolly good news for anyone working at a low height, such as primary teachers.
12 January 2011