May marks a special focus on Women’s Health at Work Right. To begin this spotlight, we’re advocating for the importance of regular wellness exams! Remember, signs and symptoms of certain common health conditions can present differently in women compared to men. Learn more in this week’s Digest!
April is buzzing with green initiatives at Work Right NW! It’s not too late to join our Eco Bingo Challenge—ask your onsite clinician how to take part in the last few days of Earth Month. Embracing sustainability can be as simple as starting with “micro greens,” small steps that make a big impact. Learn how in this week’s Digest and let’s grow our green habits together!
Who knew the hardest part of being an adult would be figuring out what to cook for dinner every single night for the rest of your life until you die? We all recognize the daunting daily task of what to make for dinner. It’s the inevitable and unenviable challenge we all face every day. We don’t have all the answers on what should be on your menu, but we’ll try to make it easier with some tips that will help save you time and help the planet along the way.
You’ll probably recognize a similar theme with our Digest topics this month – small changes can make a big impact! While we hope you see the similarity with preventing injuries, we also think injury prevention extends to the world we all live in, too. This week, check out a few innovative strategies for reducing food waste in your kitchen, one dish at a time. Ready to take a bite?
With the turn of the seasons to Spring, Work Right is focusing on Building Our World in April. Discover how we’re embracing the spirit of Earth Month and finding new ways to nurture our planet for a green(er) future in this week’s Digest. And, don’t overlook the Eco Bingo Challenge embedded in the newsletter or ask your onsite clinician for a printout.
Well, not quite. While this mantra is a well-used platitude for perseverance, it’s not something recommended for your day-to-day tasks. It’s very possible that pain will continue if you don’t learn anything from why you might be feeling pain in the first place, right? This week, we’re tackling misconceptions about pain and injuries, and keeping you aware of the difference between fact and fiction!
This week, we’re coming at you with awareness information that’s part Bruce Wayne, part Bruce Willis, and part Bruce Vilanch. Stay two steps ahead of danger and unlock secrets to staying sharp, staying safe, and mastering the unseen in this week’s Digest all about situational awareness!
Risk takes shape in many forms. As Injury Prevention Specialists, we can hope that risk takes form in things like repetitive motions or the errant use of a ladder. Not that those are good risks, but we can certainly spot them easily. Mental health risk is overwhelmingly prevalent in the industrial setting, and yet difficult to see. How do we build awareness around an unseen risk? And then what do we do if we’re able to spot it?
As we’ve mentioned already in this year’s Digest, mental resilience can be as vital as physical strength in the lives of industrial athletes. Practicing mindfulness offers moments of clarity, enhanced focus, and reduced stress amidst the hustle. Best of all, all it requires is your mind and just a couple of minutes of time. Get your mind right!
We’re shedding light on the shared ethos of military precision and industrial athleticism in this week’s Digest. Serving as a foundational bedrock for strength, resilience, and injury prevention in both military and industrial arenas, this topic will have you standing tall!
Neck pain and soreness is not uncommon in the industrial setting. But for jobs that require holding our heads in positions for long periods of time, the soreness might be from something called Upper Crossed Syndrome. What is it, you ask? Or even better, how can we avoid it!? Asked and answered in this week’s Digest!
If we’re going to improve our posture, we need to be mindful of how much we sit during the day – yes, this includes machine operators and truck drivers! Stand up to sitting in this week’s Digest and learn how you can prevent health risks and injuries associated with sedentary job tasks.
In the industrial setting, we don’t posture just for show. Posturing is about taking a stand against sprains and strains in our workday tasks. So, take a look at how your posture plays a role in preventing injuries and keep in good standing!
In the complex dance of safety of injury prevention, this month’s theme on Building Strength takes a unique turn – questioning the relationship between pressure and balance. Is this a time we need more pressure in our lives? Discover the fascinating equilibrium between these elements in this week’s topic!
The last installment to this month’s Building Strength series is a bit strange – odd, even. What other steps can we take to gain strength? It would be peculiar if it was something so easy, right? Good news. It is!
Building mental strength can be just as important as building physical strength. For the industrial athlete in labor-intensive jobs, prioritize your mind to overcome challenges, handle stress, and balance work and family.
For industrial athletes, our arms are vital in our everyday tasks. We push, we pull, we lift, and we carry with the strength of our arms (along with other muscle groups too). With so much motion and use, stretching those achy arm muscles can be helpful. But strengthening them can also help you to work faster and longer with reduced risk for injury!
Your core is foundational to the strength of your entire body. Just like a building needs a sturdy foundation to support its weight, our bodies need a strong foundation to support our movements and prevent injuries. So, it just makes sense to lead off the new year discussing a strong foundation for what we’re Building Together in 2024!
