FAQ

What is a DSE Assessment
Our desk screen equipment assessment evaluates best practises of posture in sitting and standing. Desk, chair and monitors positions are evaluated, visually referenced to your biometrics, and optimal posture is suggested to prevent injury. When necessary, placement and best use of office equipment is suggested to prevent potential strain injuries. The environment is also accounted for including factors such a light and heating, in general, how to most healthily integrate yourself into your working environment with the least risk.
How can I benefit?
Essentially, you can become a healthier fitter person by increasing awareness off your environment and biomechanical structures in way simple way, doing some very simple exercises daily, that could lead to you to a happier, healthier, better work self.
How often should I be assessed?
By law the assessments should be every 2 years with current employees and for all new employees and when changing office. In practice, you should aim to assess yearly, even if you’ve had an assessment and no change in staff. Equipment can still become in effective over time, stressors at home and work can change habits and our bodies change over time. we recommend and annual assessment to keep your staff safe, happy and free from niggles.
Why is are these assessment important to me?
We can easily spend 10-12 hours sitting in a single position but our bodies need regular movement for blood flow and cellular exchange and thereby, potentially better healing opportunities. With a good deal of time now spent behind a screen we are more sedentary as a species and many don’t link a sedentary work environment to pain.

If we use the analogy of a tower structure when sat, our foundations our feet, thighs and gluteals, we are steady and balanced if these are set correctly. The tower of our spine and rooms of our shoulders are stable and aligned well, with minimum effort and local joint compressive forces, they will less likely cause issues.

DSE advice aims to optimise our physical work foundations, but is often overlooked. As a result, low back, mid back or neck and shoulder pain are prevalent in the office. This could lead to time off work and getting less done when you want to be able to perform.

Our bodies inherently benefit from movement and a busy work schedule and concentrating for extended periods without it, can lead to physical decline. That, combined with a poor workstation set up, can cascade into discomfort.

I have spent my career, curating better working environments for my clients, as well as giving tailored advice to apply in the home and office.

From experience of clinical work, I see a lack of coherent DSE application and engagement. This is likely due to poor understanding of how it can be connected to day-to-day work pain or sporting pain and injuries and the mix of them all, that can affect activity levels and thereby mood, productivity and creativity.

I aim to make DSE assessment relevant to daily life in an engaging way and follow this ethos on to educate on general physical health, postural patterns and body to mind connectivity.

Testimonials

Mrs SP Boultan-Pratt MBE (July 2024)

I first consulted Mr Robert Holloway on the recommendation of a private Hospital in Kent pre pandemic. My Holloway used his vast knowledge and expertise to ease the pain and improve the movement of my right knee injury caused by ill advised exercise.

I am at present receiving treatment for my arthritis in my neck and shoulder. Mr Holloway relieves the pain and stiffness making vast improvement to my quality of life. Mr Holloway is a fully qualified excellent physiotherapist. I can thoroughly recommend his services.

Barbara (July 2024)

“Having a degenerative upper cervical spine condition which causes occasional considerable neck and shoulder pain, Rob is the only physiotherapist I trust to get me back on track in no time. His physiotherapy sessions work wonders, releasing tension and muscle knots/spasms, and has proved the only treatment which works for me. Rob is also so informative, recommending suitable exercises between sessions. I would not hesitate to recommend Rob to any prospective clients.”

Elizabeth and Micheal Wyatt (July 2024)

“We both had treatments by Rob – me for a very painful right hip which had stopped me walking and my husband for severe lower back pain. We were impressed by his professionalism – he quickly got to the root of our individual problems, gave thorough treatment and gave advice on exercise and an exercise program with extremely positive results – my hip pain has now totally gone and my husbands back pain has markedly improved.”

Iris west (July 2024)

“I have used Mr Holloway several times and found his treatment and the result very good.
He is very thorough and totally professional, advising on future exercises to follow up both during and after the treatments.

I would thoroughly recommend him.”

Liz (June 2024)

I have been suffering from severe right back leg and hip pain after injuring my left foot that effected my walking. Over the treatment sessions I have become almost pain free. He has provided an enormous amount of relief and I am now returning to normal activities. Sessions are effective and informative. I would recommend his as very effective physiotherapist.

Nick (Aug 2023)

“Robert Holloway is very experienced physiotherapist with extensive biomechanical knowledge. My opinion is based on several treatments I’ve had with him over the last five years. I’m retired and my main physical activity is walking extensively in the Surrey Hills and other places.
My issues were very quickly and accurately diagnosed. I benefited from effective hands on treatment techniques and diagnostics that he combines with effective exercise programmes. He emphasised these specific exercises strongly as an essential part of the treatment.
I can thoroughly recommend Robert as a physiotherapist.”

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