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Consulting & Workshops

Programs & Services
 

Employee Workshops

    Alerts employees to the problems of a bad back and other musculoskeletal injuries: how a body works, what goes wrong, and changes that can be made TODAY to help prevent injury. We focus on personal postural habits and general ergonomic principles that can be applied immediately to the job. Workshops designed for both office personal and manual workers.

Ergonomic Review and Worksite Visits
     On-site risk assessment of the work, job demands and worker performance, to assess the potential for musculoskeletal injury (MSI). Observations and discussions focus on ergonomic risk issues: the job, specific tasks, the tools and equipment used, and changes the individual can make to improve personal work patterns or habits which can cause problems. Our final report details risk factors for management review.

Train the Trainer/Ergonomics
     Training for supervisors and/or your Health and Safety Committee to analyze risk, conduct ergonomic assessments, and provide practical, on-site training in your workplace. Intensive skills-training on the bio-mechanics of movement allows Trainers a degree of understanding risk that makes our program unique and applicable across your entire organization. Program includes one or two day training, our full Trainer's Manual, all materials for conducting risk assessments, and "phone hot-line" assistance for your Trainers for one year.

Student Programs
    Our workshops on ergonomics and repetitive strain give students practical knowledge and hands-on experience to improve ergonomic issues in their personal and work activities. Our goal is to reach young people at the time they are learning new skills. School workshops cover appropriate topics including computers, bikes, back-packs, injuries and fitness issues. It is important to promote good postural habits when students are young, when the bones are still supple and able to change. Older students can change bad habits also, but they need to know why.

In-Service Back Education/Wellness Program (One Day Course)
     A complete review of back education, excercise and postural alignment/training to increase back fitness. Workplace management, lifestyle habits, nutrition and stress factors which can influence back health are covered in this program. An excellent choice for office personnel, health care and other professionals who suffer nagging problems with back and neck ache. A one day Wellness in the Workplace program can be developed for a thorough exposure to ergonomic issues at work and home, special body-awareness exercises to relax the back and body, and the importance of nutrition and lifestyle issues.

Time Out! The Importance of Play in the Workplace.
     Creativity, workplace harmony, stress management and play are all explored in a variety of formats: a keynote address, informal group discussion or participatory workshop. The phrase "Oh, grow up!" is usually hurled at the most creative and spontaneous individuals in our midst, and the most often hurled by us at our own selves. This workshop will take a look at the serious consequences this phrase has on our society in general, and in our workplace in particular. We examine the idea that play is not just kid's stuff.

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