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“I think physiotherapists,
generally, often continue
working with injury/pain
when perhaps they
shouldn’t be”
“I love the job, but I
am 50 and am still
crawling around on the
floor”
“I felt under pressure to
perform and take on too
much responsibility”
“Please: better manual
handling training in physio
schools! I am petrified of
this side of that job – I never
got confident”
The problem/How common is it?
Motivation
Description of product
The making of
A guided tour of the website
Discussion and conclusion
Acknowledgements
Questions
Research
At what point in the career does injury occur
Two most common injuries
Low back
Wrist/thumb
Risk factors and tasks leading to injury
Education and raised awareness amongst
students
Prevention is the focus
Subject is not included in the ESP curriculum
Website containing text, drawings and
educational videos
Three subjects in focus
(low back, thumb/wrist, basic ergonomics)
Phase 1 Literature search
Phase 2 Formulating the content and
creating the website
Phase 3 Shooting the videos and editing
Phase 4 End product
Change of the “can-do” attitude
Reporting injury and open
communication
Implementation into ESP
(Kinesiology, Exercise, Massage and
Assessment modules)
We would like to thank
Our coach Bob van den Berg for guiding us through
the process
Our client Jan Willem van Rhijn for valuable
feedback
Bert Loozen for his help in basic ergonomics
Sophie’s mother for coming all the way from
Germany to support us
Our friends and fellow students, who gave us
feedback during the process of making the website
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