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TRS Wellness

Nov 20 2014

Out of Sight, No Longer Out of Mind

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Now that we are aware of our posterior chain, let’s break it down into two halves: upper & lower. For everyone from the office worker to the technician on the operating floor, foot and ankle pain can side-line you in a second.

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Did You Know?

Post-Offer and Pre-Employment testing showed an 18 to 1 cost savings, in the Journal Work.

A 33% injury rate was reported when pre-hire applicants are not screened v. a 3% injury rate when screened, according to a study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

In a study of 18 different industries, a 68.2% reduction in work injuries was reported when functional testing is implemented.

The average cost per injury was reduced from $1433 to $322 with a properly implemented post-offer and pre-employment testing program, according to the Journal Spine.

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