Back Injury Prevention Handbook
eBook - ePub

Back Injury Prevention Handbook

  1. 196 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Back Injury Prevention Handbook

About this book

Back injuries can be controlled and prevented! They are not and should not be accepted as a cost of doing business!Written in plain language for the industrial professional, this book presents back injury prevention methods that have proven effective for cost containment. Such techniques include the 5-year back attack, the Olympic weight lifting model applied to the industrial setting. Training styles, and concepts for a proper educational format are also emphasized.The author draws on literature from around the world and his own experience of over 20 years of treating and preventing back pain and neck pain in presenting information in this book. Several case studies prove that back injuries can be prevented, which can save hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of lost work. This book will prove essential for helping trainers, safety specialists, ergonomists, industrial hygienists, and other industry personnel to implement the best cure for back pain-prevention!

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. About the Author
  7. Table of Contents
  8. A 56-Billion Dollar Problem
  9. Failures of Traditional Approaches to Back Injury
  10. Physical Therapy: An Untraditional Answer that Makes Sense
  11. Back Pain Is Not A Cost of Doing Business
  12. Companies That Care, Educate
  13. The Kiss Method
  14. Training The Trainers
  15. The Right Lifting Model
  16. The Right Commitment Gets Results
  17. Practical Ergonomics: Simple Workplace Changes That Make Sense
  18. Advanced Training
  19. Flex and Stretch
  20. Controlling Medical Costs
  21. Keeping Trainers and Supervisors Motivated
  22. Change is Constant
  23. Appendix
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index