Welcome to Anna Wishnowsky - Workplace Nutrition

Anna Wishnowsky - Manual Handling NZ, Workplace Nutrition, Hydration

Manual Handling New Zealand welcomes Anna Wishnowsky (Nutrition) to our team of speakers.

At Manual Handling NZ, we love a well-rounded approach to injury prevention, sprains and strains management, and general health and wellbeing.

Knowing that the body is a complex machine - making sure our teams are well fuelled, hydrated, and in good health goes a long way to reducing many personal risk factors that lower the occurrence of workplace sprains and strains.

We are excited to have Anna come into workplaces and provide what might be that message of nutrition that connects with your team, kick-off some healthy habits, and work with you and your teams on workplace wellbeing.

Anna (Nutrition) will also be contributing to our blogs with some tips and techniques for the workplace 

As we are heading into summer - Let’s kick it off with Hydration

One of the easiest things you can do for your overall health and nutrition is to drink 2-3 litres of water a day. 

Mild dehydration can decrease alertness, increase fatigue, create difficulty concentrating and lead to headaches. Waiting for these signals of dehydration is not enough, and it's important to be proactive with water intake. 

One study even found that measures of contentedness declined by dropping hydration levels: imagine if you could boost your mood simply by drinking more water! 

Employees can actively manage their fluid intake by setting reminders around regular activities. For example, office workers could stop for a glass of water before each meeting, before emails, or after lunch. 

Tying the behaviour you're trying to create, like drinking more water, with an existing behaviour, can be really helpful to get it done. After a few weeks of consciously thinking about doing it, this becomes habitual and hydration comes easily.

For employees who are more active and not tied to a desk, I often recommend setting reminders on their phone or smart watch so that they have regular reminders to take a quick break for fluids.

Employers can assist employee efforts by ensuring water and hot beverages are available and that the workplace culture supports looking after hydration needs-- breaks to take a drink should be encouraged, not criticised.

To get Anna in to come talk with your staff - contact here

We are taking bookings for late January and February - a great way to kick off 2022.

Manual Handling New Zealand also has Ray Daniels (Osteopath) available for workplace talks - Covering self management techniques for back/neck pain. A great talk for machine operators and those in high impact work. contact here

The busy season has started, support your teams - and we hope to connect with you in 2022.

Kind regards

Richie Patterson - NZ Olympian 1072

Director - Manual Handling New Zealand