Optimum Health and Safety Performance
Warm-Up
An important principle when preparing for physically demanding job duties is to increase the body temperature and to prepare the muscles, lungs, and heart to safely perform our job tasks. Warming up leaves you feeling refreshed and lowers the chances of injury.
Strength – Balance & Coordination
Functional movements are critical to everyday essential and non-essential tasks on the jobsite. Improved balance and coordination makes job duties like ascending and descending stairs; lifting and carrying heavy items; and suddenly changing directions, easier. A strong, stable core and base will allow for easier body movements.
Recovery Stretches
Stretching repairs and assists the body in recovering from work stresses, awkward postures, and forceful exertions. Stretching can accommodate all major muscle groups or the specific muscles that are commonly used in specific job duties.