<span style="color: #d1d1d1;"><strong>Back pain and Absenteeism</strong>
Whether it's dull and painful, or sharp and stabbing, back pain can make it hard for you to focus on your job. Unfortunately, many jobs and professions — such as construction, factory work and office work — can place significant demands on your back. Heavy lifting, repetitive movements and sitting at a desk all day can take a toll on your spine, affecting our nerves and overall health.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">According to a NZ wellness workplace survey in 2013, musculoskeletal disorders like back pain, neck pain are recognised as one of the leading cause of absenteeism in the workplace, resulting in huge costs to companies from staff being unable to work. Aside from that, among all musculoskeletal disorders, back pain is also said to be the leading cause of prescription and non-prescription drug use, medical visits, hospitalizations and restricted physical activity.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;"><strong>Chiropractic Care on Reducing Absenteeism</strong>
Chiropractic naturally boosts your potential for optimal health and wellbeing. Studies show that chiropractic is more effective — and cost-effective — care for occupational and non-occupational back injuries and related conditions than other common forms of treatment. Chiropractic actually play a great role in improving health and productivity, and reducing absenteeism and disability as it uses non-invasive care that goes beyond treating back pain and injuries unlike pain killing drugs, which just mask the symptoms.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;"><strong>What we can offer</strong>
We understand the huge mental and physical stresses that employees and employers face on a daily basis. That’s why at North Shore Chiropractic, we want to build a thriving, productive community by providing care that helps people stay happy and healthy at work. Through our effective wellness programs, we want to be able to help your workplace reduce absenteeism, improve staff productivity and performance, as well as empower staff to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">Please do not hesitate to<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://northshorechiro.co.nz/contact-us/"><span style="color: #99cc00; text-decoration: underline;">contact us</span></a></span></strong> if you require advice on how to proactively look after the back and spinal health of employees, or if you have questions about office ergonomics. We also have a comprehensive series of wellness-based seminars that we run involving exercise, nutrition, the mind, and minimizing environmental toxins.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">Whatever your concerns are, our team will gladly coordinate and customize corporate health events to meet your employee's needs.</span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">Always Remember that healthy employees are always good business! </span>

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<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">To book a seminar, you can visit our <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://northshorechiro.co.nz/seminars/"> <span style="color: #99cc00; text-decoration: underline;"> Seminars Page.</span></a></span></span>
<span style="color: #d1d1d1;">To read more info on how you can improve health at work, visit this </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://northshorechiro.co.nz/improving-health-at-work-workplace-seminars/"> <span style="color: #99cc00; text-decoration: underline;">link.</span></a></span>

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