SAVE MONEY ON COMPO
HEALTH AND FITNESS EXPRESS
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SAVE MONEY ON COMPO |
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HEALTH AND FITNESS EXPRESS |
May 2004
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The Health and Fitness Express contains both the random and organised thoughts of John Miller. You can find out more about his various programs by clicking through to the following websites.
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SAVE MONEY ON WORKER'S COMPENSATION GET A SECOND OPINION I know that a lot of people with crook backs, stiff necks and cold shoulders get told by their doctor that the cause of the dysfunction is the chair, the keyboard or the mouse and that work is to blame. In a large proportion of cases I don't think that is a satisfactory diagnosis. Certainly it would be hard to place credence on any judgment that comes without - an inspection of the work station set-up - a look at how the person sits in the chair (when they don't think anyone is watching) - measuring a person's strength and flexibility - reviewing their exercise training habits. An inadequate assessment of the cause of the dysfunction usually leads to prolonged discomfort and pain on the part of the employee and great expense for the employer in the form of new furniture and therapeutic programs which treat the symptoms and not the cause of the problem. GET A SECOND OPINION As a physical educator in private practice, the author of the ebook How to Fix Up a Crook Back and developer of the Crookback Clinic I'm happy to come and give you a second opinion next time someone complains of a crook back. In fact I'm so sure that I'll be able to save you money that I'll do the first assessment for free. I'll write you a confidential report that lets you know what I think is the cause of the dysfunction and give pointers on what I think the person needs to do for themselves to help fix it up. You'll then be in a position to judge whether the service has merit and the potential to make savings on your occupational health and fitness bills. THE CAUSES OF MUSCULO-SKELETAL DYSFUNCTION My experience tells me that (trauma excepted) bones move out of alignment when muscles let them. It also tells me that the cause of the pain is rarely at the site of the pain. So having a rub down, hot wheat bag, crunch and electric shock at the site of the pain will probably not fix the problem. I see an enormous number of people with weak and tight muscles. Sitting down for years on end is a killer - because it tightens up the muscles on the back side of their body and legs. Those muscles then pull the pelvis and bones of the lumbar spine out of alignment - and it hurts. So a high proportion of musculo-skeletal dysfunction is not the fault of the chair, or the mouse, or the keyboard, it's the person. And it's not what the person has done at work that's the problem, and it's not what work has done to them, it's what they haven't done at home to keep themselves in good shape. AVOID SWIFTIES AND FALLACIES People who think that because they have a cushy job sitting down they don't have to keep themselves strong and flexible have a second think coming. Anyone in a sit down job who doesn't have a strength and flexibility training program, who is not strong and flexible and blames their boss for their crook back, stiff neck and cold shoulder is pulling a swiftie. If you're an employer and you run a half decent musculo-skeletal risk management program, that's the first swiftie you don't have to fall for. The other swiftie people pull on their employers is based on the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this therefore because of this). In the world of rehab and workers compensation it goes something like this. - Someone gets a crook back (stiff neck, sore shoulders ...). - They go to the doctor. - Doctor sends them for an X-ray. - Doctor reads X-ray and says, 'Mate/madam your bones are out of alignment and a disc is popping
out.' must be to blame.' couple of months off and pay for a few rub downs, crunches and electric shocks, none of which does anything to improve strength and flexibility, the original cause of the dysfunction. within the organisation, cops it on the chin, agrees with what the doctor says, signs the claim form and sends it
off to the insurer. back next year when they add another couple of thousand bucks onto the employer's premium. |