Holiday Day 2: The Physio

[selenay]

Today was my initial physio appointment/assessment so that the physio can work out what I need. After much bending, stretching, walking and flexing, she has decided that I have surprisingly weak hips considering how well I walk and move. Huh. And that my back problems are probably related to my workstation so I should get the occupational whatsit at work to assess this and recommend improvements. I'm not even sure if the company has an occupational whatsit and I'm very doubtful about whether I'd be allowed to see one if we did. But I'm going to be hopeful and I plan to ask Da Boss about it when I get back on Monday.

The main result is that they feel hydrotherapy and some home exercises are the best way to go. So now I have to find my swimming costume - first session is Thursday evening. Luckily they have evening sessions so they won't interfer with work - something to remind Da Boss about when I ask about the occupation whatsit. I am doing my best to comply with orders and not let this interfer with my work. See? So he can do his best to help me out in turn.

Otherwise, it's been a quite day and I'm starting to get the hang of this relaxation thing. I think.

Comments

[paranoidangel]

We have a health and safety person, who assesses your workstation. I have a feeling that they have to have someone who does that, and if you need something they have to buy it. You'd think, that with a bigger company they wouldn't mind buying things like ergonomic keyboards, as they're really cheap in comparison to their whole budget, but then this is your work we're talking about :)

[selenay]

Yup, this is my work we're talking about :-)

But I will try to point out how much money they'll save in sickness payments if they make the effort to ensure I have a workstation that's properly fitted for me. If that doesn't make any difference then I'll have to insist on an actual, real, god-honest diagnosis for the back pain, but at the very least my work can darned well make sure that it ain't their fault.