Field Ergo
Health & Injury Prevention Guides for the Field
Lifting Mechanics
Maximize your MOVE efficiency to decrease risk for fatigue and injury
Muscle Rupture Prevention
Muscle and tendon rupture are catastrophic injuries - they usually require surgery or extended rehabilitation and can keep us out of work. Understanding the risks can help us prevent this from happening.
Twisting Injury Prevention
Whether baseball, golf, gardening or work, improving weather in March often means more spinal twisting. Although known to increase risk of lower back pain, with some risk lowering steps, it doesn't have to.
Strain Risk - Dialing in Conditions
While there are many uncontrollable risks for pain and injury, we know certain conditions set the stage for strain. Dialing in these factors starts with first identifying where you stand.
Strain Risk - STRAIN MATH
What causes a musculoskeletal (soft-tissue) injury? Although it is incredibly complex, this strain risk equation breaks down the main factors at play. What's your score?
COLD STRESS GUIDE
The effects of cold stress on the body are a real challenge. This guide reviews tactics for enduring the cold peak & strategies to use the ELEMENTS to winterize our bodies.
Beat the Heat Guide
Learn the factors behind heat stress illness, prevention, and response.
MOVE - Deliberately
Movement is CRITICAL for health.....and fitness....and quality of life.....and even the ability to fight off cancer. But sometimes the "how to" part can get missed. Dive into the PDF for more!
ERGO PRINCIPLES
These 5 simple strategies can help resist the effect of fatigue on the body & reduce risk of injury.
