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With BackCare Awareness Week reiterating the fact that 80% of people, who work across all industries and professions, will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, workplace equipment supplier Slingsby says that nearly all work related back pain can be avoided.

BackCare Awareness Week, which started on Monday 5th October 2015, reinforced the problems that prolonged sitting can cause. Slingsby supplies more than 35,000 workplace products to all industries including a wide range of products designed to facilitate standing at work and help make workstations more comfortable.

The company also supplies manual handling equipment, including trolleys, trucks, tugs and lifting equipment.

Slingsby’s group sales and marketing director Lee Wright, said: "The statistics surrounding back pain are startling and the vast majority of people will suffer from it at some stage. It’s a big issue across all industries but the good news is that nowadays there are nearly always products available to help prevent both back pain and its associated injuries occurring."

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