by Dennis Downing | Jul 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Custodial/janitorial personnel experience a lot of material handling and repetitive activities daily. Recently we encountered a hospital janitor who was about to file an injury claim because of a painful wrist. He attended our Backsafe® workshop and reported that...
by Dennis Downing | Jul 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Looking out the office window I spied a team of roofers stripping a damaged roof, repairing it and re-shingling. The sight of 12 men on a steep roof, with very few safety precautions in place gave me heart palpitations—a slight fear of heights revisited perhaps?!...
by Dennis Downing | Jul 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
It is summertime, a time when outdoor activity increases significantly. It is the season for barbeques, beaches, yard work, golf and perhaps just settling in a lawn chaise to read a good book. None of these activities are pleasurable when you have a painful back! Do...
by Dennis Downing | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Where are the muscles that move your fingers and why is it important to know? They are in your forearm. These muscles transition into tendons that go through the wrist joint and attach to your finger bones—in layman’s terms. “Keep your wrists straight while typing”...
by Dennis Downing | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Did you know that June is National Employee Wellness Month? FIT has been preventing back injuries within corporate America now for 17 years by imbuing a wellness approach to workers’ comp cost abatement. We have focused our programs (Backsafe® and Sittingsafe®) on...
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