Prevention and early intervention is the best protection!
The Australian Chiropractors Association’s (ACA) National WorkSpace Week (20-26 October) is an annual campaign dedicated to reducing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). In 2025, ACA’s national WorkSpace Week campaign is encouraging employers and workers to ‘Work Well Every Day’.
Held during National Safe Work Month (October), WorkSpace Week aligns with Safe Work Australia’s ‘Australian Work Health and Safety (WHS) Strategy 2023–2033’ aimed at creating healthy workspaces for everyone and lessening the long-term impact on workers, employers, and the economy by improving the spinal health and wellbeing of Australians vulnerable to WMSDs.
WMSDs are the leading Work Health and Safety issue in Australia impacting the physical and mental health of workers and accounts for the majority (57%) of workers’ compensation claims. A Deloitte Access Economics report has found WMSDs cost the economy over $55 billion annually in direct health costs, lost productivity and reduced quality of life.
Those most at risk of WMSDs include community and personal service workers such as healthcare, aged care, childcare, NDIS and disability service workers. Tradies, labourers, technicians, drivers, and machinery operators, are also among those with the highest rates of physical work-related injuries.
WMSDs caused by physical or mental stress respond well to early diagnosis and treatment and can prevent deterioration, improve recovery, reduce severity and help prevent long-term implications including depression and overuse or reliance on medications for chronic pain that can be harmful.
A key feature of the WorkSpace Week campaign is that ACA engages with employers and community leaders to adjust their thinking to improve the health and wellbeing of Australian workers by addressing WMSD modifiable risk factors in the workplace as identified by Safe Work Australia and promoting early intervention when injuries do occur.
By working together, we can help prevent modifiable risk factors in Australian workspaces which lead to injuries including WMSDs across a broad range of industries and professions and minimise the impact injuries have on the spinal health of workers across Australia.
With prevention the best protection, join the movement along with many organisations participating in this important annual award-winning, public health awareness initiative to help educate employers and workers on the importance of taking a proactive approach to injury prevention through improving workplace safety.
Registration is FREE and participants can access a suite of resources developed to help minimise WMSDs and improve the spinal health and wellbeing of Australian workers.
Register today for National WorkSpace Week 2025 and receive a link to download a range of FREE campaign resources by visiting workspaceweek.org.au.
