Many big companies that have employees in manufacturing or healthcare have a great deal of musculoskeletal related injuries. A lot of these have a slow onset to which the employee will be experiencing discomfort in the form of soreness, heaviness, fatigue, etc. months before they feel like it is affecting the work they perform. In these cases, its very beneficial for a company to have an early onset ergonomics program to let employees know that they can have a physical therapist or ergonomic specialist that will focus on preventing the exacerbation of the discomfort so that they don't become a full on injury. Especially a workers-compensation or an OSHA recordable injury. There are multiple types of ergonomic programs that can be useful to just a single business. For instance, you can have a vendor cover ergonomic assessments remotely only, while you have another that focuses on training in-house employees to perform assessments on their own. A business could also have an early intervention program as well. These are just examples of how each could offer their own process and program to allow for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Ergonomic injuries are very common in industries such as hospitals because of patient handling. Patient handling is tricky because there would be a lot of equipment and training involved to ensure the back and shoulder safety of the front line nursing staff. Manufacturing is another especially high risk. The repetition, duration, and frequency are factors that spell out the cumulation of tendonitis and other ergonomic related disorders. Ergobility offers services in all areas covering everything from an early intervention program, to ergonomic assessments remotely or on-site. They have been helping Bay Area Businesses tackle onsite training for staff to allow them to perform preventative ergonomic assessments in-house. This is cost effective and makes a lot of sense for medium to large businesses. Ergobility has been working with schools, hospitals, biotech companies, high technology companies, and many more. They have the expertise to perform high level ergonomic assessments that have practical solutions. The outcome is a healthier and happier workforce. Many happy customers have expressed their gratitude for Ergobility's excellent customer service and satisfaction. We collaborate with various Risk Management, Case Management, and Insurance companies to assist workers that have an ergonomic assessment prescribed to them (by a doctor) to reduce the ergonomic risk factors that are contributing to their medical issues. If you are part of a business in the San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay Area, or South Bay Area you should touch base with an ergonomic specialist with Ergobility to see what they can do for you.