{"id":673,"date":"2021-07-27T07:38:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T07:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hazardco.bbtdevelopment.com\/au\/?p=673"},"modified":"2024-04-10T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:45:09","slug":"what-is-musculoskeletal-pain-and-what-are-the-factors-that-might-cause-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hazardco.bbtdevelopment.com\/au\/blog\/what-is-musculoskeletal-pain-and-what-are-the-factors-that-might-cause-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is musculoskeletal pain and what are the factors that might cause it."},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MSDs, also known as Musculoskeletal Disorders are the most common type of work-related injury in Australia, with residential construction accounting for 48% percent of all serious workers’ compensation claims in 2015-2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Musculoskeletal pain refers to pain felt in the muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, or nerves, and you can feel this pain in just one area of the body, or throughout your whole body. The pain can range from mild, to severe enough to interfere with your day-to-day life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are numerous risk factors to address: Time pressure, aging workforce, awkward postures for a start. We also need to change mindsets that pain and injury are unavoidable and make our younger workforce understand the cumulative nature of these problems- something that most \u2018broken\u00b4 builders still working past 50 years of age know very well already.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is well known that there is a range of factors that contribute to MSDs. It’s not just about a single factor such as the lifting technique (although for industries such as scaffolding and roofing handling techniques are an important factor).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The research firmly points to four groups of factors we need to tackle when addressing MSDs in construction:<\/span><\/p>\n