Correct Movement Patterns Reduce Soft Tissue Injuries
Lori Peacock
Owner / movement specialist / EHS safety specialist at Physical Performance Solutions
Movement pattern changes occurs in all of us. Whether you exercise or not, are an elite athlete or couch potato, it does not matter, all patterns of movements change. The reasons vary greatly with every individual.
This applies at work, whether a desk job or a more physical job as in assembling, material handling or construction. Those of us involved in medical safety often witness this: a worker comes to the nurse’s office and says, “…all I did was the same lift I have done for as long as I have been on that job. I don’t know what happened. I just know my back hurts now and I can’t lean forward without back pain.” A soft tissue injury has occurred, that can cost companies hundreds of thousands of dollars… with even one incident.
The key to reducing this type of injury begins by watching movement patterns before a worker reports an injury.
By correcting a dysfunctional movement pattern, the worker can now perform his or her specific tasks with a decreased risk of injury.
Correcting movement patterns is a skill well known and practiced in the physical therapy realm and sports arenas. Physical therapists as well as other qualified health professionals analyze movements and movement strategies; something that they are skilled at doing. Combining this salient skill with treating soft tissue adhesions, whether post trauma, postsurgical or problems of insidious onset yields extremely positive results in reducing soft tissue injury – preferably before the injury!
And reducing soft tissue injuries goes right to your company’s bottom line.
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