MoveSafe For Industrial Athletes

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1 MoveSafe For Industrial Athletes Upper Island Safety Conference May 25, 2015

2 With every movement and posture You can make yourself stronger or get closer to an injury. It matters how we move every day.

3 Movement Safety Basics What should you know to be a Good Industrial Athlete? Functional anatomy - because there is no body owner s manual. How to warm-up and prepare for activity. Simple principles of safe movement. Corrective exercises to ensure physical work makes you stronger.

4 Warm-up & Interrupt

5 What Influences our Behaviours? Our lazy movement habits conserve energy. Short term gain, (likely) long term pain. We need to learn proper movement patterns, then practice them at work. Workplace systems need to reinforce safe movements (education, training, coaching, warm-ups).

6 What If Everyone understood what it meant to be a Good Industrial Athlete? We practiced safe movement habits and they were positively reinforced in the workplace? Preventing MSI s was as simple as following some basic rules of human movement? MSIs were no longer the biggest piece of the injury pie (by far)?

7 What Does the Data Say? MSI Frequency Discomfort WSBC Costs 40% 40% 45%

8 Why Aren t We Doing Better? There is a large knowledge gap. Many of injuries result from slow hurts so there is no perceived urgency. These injuries aren t blood, guts and gore. What if 40% were related to eyewear or footwear? We have to change behaviour to affect MSIs. What were PPE and seatbelt attitudes like 30 years ago?

9 Physical Capacity Loss Over Time Age Related or Habit Related? Physical Capacity Lifestyle / Health Movement Safety Early Intervention Applying Ergonomics YEARS

10 Let s See How Well we Move

11 Let s See How Well we Move Hip hinge is the fundamental movement! Scapular movement defines shoulder health. Core stability helps protect us from slips and falls.

12 Incident-Based Injuries: Fast Hurt Tissue Capacity INJURY stressful event Tissue Demand (Load) Time

13 Slow Hurt Injuries: Postural Load Tissue Capacity INJURY Tissue Demand (load) Time

14 Mechanism of Injury Tissue Capacity CAUSE OF INJURY? Tissue Demand

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16 Anatomical Basis of Proper Posture Vertebra Discs Facet Joints Ligaments

17 Potential Consequence of Moving Wrong Nucleus Pulposus Annulus Fibrosus

18 Every Position Matters

19 Consequences: Herniated Disc Cracking Bulging Pushing on Nerve Root Nucleus Spinal Nerve Root Vertebra

20 30yrs of this = Stronger and Healthier

21 30yrs of this = Stronger and Healthier

22 Bad Back? OR Strong Body

23 Give Physical your work body can what make it needs you stronger today and as long still get as your MoveSafe. work done.

24 Shoulder Anatomy

25 Anchoring Shoulders

26 Required Elements

27 Prepare & Maintain the Body: Warm Up & Interrupt Increases circulation Increases muscle strength and flexibility Reinforces correct movement patterning Reduces injury risk!

28 Prepare & Maintain the Body: Interrupt static or awkward posture Stretch after heavy work or awkward posture to allow tissue recovery

29 Prepare the Work Area, Tools and Equipment: Tools, equipment or job procedures that reduce stress to the body.

30 Move Safe - Standing Big 3 Fundamentals Wide, Stable Base Hinge at the Hips Shoulders Anchored

31 Stable Base Keeps centre of gravity balanced during force application Reduces likelihood of slipping or balance loss

32 Hinge at Hips Unlock knees, hinge forward at the hips Maintain a neutral ( S shaped) spine posture Lightly tense core muscle before force application

33 Shoulders Anchored Head aligned with torso Shoulder blades pulled down and across Face direction of force application

34 Move Safe - Sitting Big 3 Fundamentals Stable Base Shoulders Anchored Arms at Sides Reposition Regularly! Give Physical your work body can what make it needs you stronger today and as long still get as your MoveSafe. work done.

35 MoveSafe Elements - Office Prepare & Maintain the Body Warm-up Microbreaks Stretches Exercise Program Look for movement opportunities! Give Physical your work body can what make it needs you stronger today and as long still get as your MoveSafe. work done.

36 MoveSafe Elements - Office 2. Prepare the Work Area & Equipment Chair Monitor Keyboard & Mouse Work Area (documents/phone) Fit the work to the worker! Give Physical your work body can what make it needs you stronger today and as long still get as your MoveSafe. work done.

37 MoveSafe Elements - Office 3. Big 3 Safe Posture & Movement Stable Base Shoulders Anchored Arms at Sides Reposition Regularly! Give Physical your work body can what make it needs you stronger today and as long still get as your MoveSafe. work done.

38 Summary This is your call to action Warm-up and stretch to prepare your body. Ensure a stable base, bend through your hips & anchor your shoulders. Make a change to improve ongoing discomfort. Change your movement habits for a better life. Give your body what it needs today and still get your work done.

39 Thank-you Rob Fontaine, VP Operations ErgoRisk Management Group Inc. Give your body what it needs today and still get your work done.