Good gestures and adapted postures are not enough!

According to occupational health experts, physical exercise does not prevent musculoskeletal disorders. Their effects would be limited.

Faced with the “epidemic” of low back pain and other MSDs, local authorities and their partners, solicited by service providers, are setting up physical exercises, warm-ups, stretching…

The idea is to prepare the body for work and prevent pain. But is that enough? According to international evaluation studies, these exercises do not prevent the occurrence of MSDs,” emphasizes Agnès Aublet-Cuvelier, head of the men at work department at INRS, a joint organization and the government’s right-hand man in terms of occupational risk prevention. It is not a solution, it is only a complementary action to an approach to improve working conditions.”