An analysis of the results of a survey of
1236 people who have attended our musculo-skeletal
health seminar over the last 7 years, shows that around
70% of people are at risk of making a claim on their
employer's workers compensation insurance.
Here's the
link
to the results spreadsheet.
If you save the spreadsheet to your computer you'll be able to
manipulate the data to gain a better understanding of what the
information means.
Chances are the results from your organisation may be
similar.
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Item |
People
scoring 10/10 |
People
scoring 0/10 |
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Percentage |
Ave current condition score
out of 10 |
Percentage |
Ave current condition score
out of 10 |
|
| |
Squats |
50 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
3.9 |
|
| |
Situps |
16 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
4.6 |
|
| |
Pressups |
23.5 |
6.8 |
11 |
4.0 |
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| |
Hamstring stretch |
11 |
6.9 |
25 |
4.8 |
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| |
Functional mobility |
33 |
6.6 |
12 |
4.7 |
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| |
Squats, situps, pressups |
10 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
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| |
Body composition |
23 |
6.6 |
10 |
4.2 |
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| |
Strength training |
13 |
6.5 |
55 |
5.3 |
|
| |
Flexibility training |
8.5 |
7.6 |
60 |
5.7 |
|
| |
Strength and flex training |
6 |
7.0 |
51 |
5.3 |
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When the spreadsheet was sorted first on total score,
the 554 people (45%) scoring over 60 were placed in the
low risk
group. The 55% of people at risk were categorised
according to their score.
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Risk |
Score range |
People |
Percent
(rounded) |
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| |
1. Low risk |
60+ |
554 |
45 |
|
| |
2. Moderate risk |
50-59 |
237 |
19 |
|
| |
3. Risk |
40-49 |
213 |
17 |
|
| |
4. High risk |
30-39 |
115 |
9 |
|
| |
5. Very high risk |
20-29 |
69 |
5 |
|
| |
6. Grave risk |
less than 20 |
48 |
4 |
|
We then added to the 'at risk' group,
people who had scored less than 4/10 for the following
parameters:
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* |
Current condition. If a
person is already in poor musculo-skeletal
health (and in pain) there's a risk that they
could be waiting for an incident to happen that
tips them over the edge into your workers
compensation claims basket. |
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* |
Body composition - code for
being over weight. People 20Kg over weight are
at risk. |
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* |
Abdominal strength |
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* |
Leg strength |
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* |
Upper body and trunk strength |
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* |
Hamstring flexibility |
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* |
Functional mobility |
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* |
Shoulder function |
This reduced the percentage of low risk
people to 30%.
| |
Risk |
Score range
out of 100 |
People |
Percent
(rounded) |
|
| |
1. Low risk |
60+ |
365 |
30 |
|
| |
2. Moderate risk |
50-59 |
57 |
5 |
|
| |
3. Risk |
40-49 |
582 |
47 |
|
| |
4. High risk |
30-39 |
115 |
9 |
|
| |
5. Very high risk |
20-29 |
69 |
5 |
|
| |
6. Grave risk |
less than 20 |
48 |
4 |
|
Comparative results
| |
Item |
People
scoring 10/10 |
People
scoring 0/10 |
|
| |
Percentage |
Ave current condition score
out of 10 |
Percentage |
Ave current condition score
out of 10 |
|
| |
Squats |
50 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
3.9 |
|
| |
Situps |
16 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
4.6 |
|
| |
Pressups |
23.5 |
6.8 |
11 |
4.0 |
|
| |
Hamstring stretch |
11 |
6.9 |
25 |
4.8 |
|
| |
Functional mobility |
33 |
6.6 |
12 |
4.7 |
|
| |
Squats, situps, pressups |
10 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
|
| |
Body composition |
23 |
6.6 |
10 |
4.2 |
|
| |
Strength training |
13 |
6.5 |
55 |
5.3 |
|
| |
Flexibility training |
8.5 |
7.6 |
60 |
5.7 |
|
| |
Strength and flex training |
6 |
7.0 |
51 |
5.3 |
|
The 6% of people who scored 10/10 for the
quality of their strength training program scored a
total of 77/100.
The 56% of people who didn't have a
strength training program scored 47/100.
The 8.5% of people who scored 10/10 for
the quality of their flexibility training scored a total
of 78 on the profile.
The 60% of people who scored 0/10 for the
quality of their flexibility training program scored a
total of 49.
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1. |
The 6% of people who scored 10/10
for the quality of their strength training
program scored a total of 77/100. |
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2. |
The 56% of people who didn't have
a strength training program scored 47/100. |
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3. |
The 8.5% of people who scored
10/10 for the quality of their flexibility
training scored a total of 78 on the profile. |
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4. |
The 60% of people who scored 0/10
for the quality of their flexibility training
program scored a total of 49. |
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5. |
The 15% of people who were more
than 20Kg over weight had an average total score
of 38 |
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6. |
The 52% people who were less than
10Kg over weight scored an average total score
of 65 |
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7. |
The 6.5% of people who couldn’t do 1
squat had an average score of 27. |
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8. |
The 23% of people who couldn’t do 1 situp
had an average score of 38. |
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9. |
The 11% of people who couldn’t do 1
pressup
had an average score of 31. |
The survey results mirror the results
from a survey we undertook in 2007.
Comparative results
from the 2007
Musculo-skeletal Risk
Survey
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1. |
Only 5% of people had a
reasonable strength and flexibility training
program. Their average total score on the
profile was 84. |
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2. |
Only 10% had a reasonable
flexibility training program, Their average
total score on the profile was 75. |
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3. |
Only 17% of people had a
reasonable strength training program. Their
average total score on the profile was 74. |
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4. |
The average total score of the
58% of people who had no strength or flexibility
training program at all was a miserable 46. |
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5. |
Those who were 15 - 19kg over
weight had an average total score of 40 |
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6. |
Those who were 20Kg or more over
weight had an average score 36 |
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7. |
People who couldn’t do 1 situp
had an average score of 38. |
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8. |
People who couldn’t do 1 pressup
had an average score of 32. |
Musculo-skeletal
Risk Summary
Improving the
musculo-skeletal health of your staff is a win-win-win
process.
Your staff win, they feel better.
They're in less pain
Your organisation wins
because the risk of workers
compensation claims is lowered and if you happen to
receive an incident claim, you and your insurer have
the risk information to reject claims that are not
genuine work-related accidents.
(You have to protect
yourself from law firms that are encouraging and
actively supporting people (on a no win, no fee basis)
who have set their mind on winning a large workers
compensation payout. If you aren't focused, serious and
attentive to the task of measuring and managing risk,
you'll be taken to the cleaners by a professional group
that, like a pack of roaring lions is stalking poorly
prepared organisations. There are rich pickings in this
business.)
Measuring and managing
the risk of personally-generated musculo-skeletal
dysfunctions entails:
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1. |
involving your
staff in the
musculo-skeletal health seminar
that
includes the
10 point musculo-skeletal health screen.
This is a 'no ticket, no start'
musculo-skeletal health risk program. |
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2. |
using the
results of the 10 point musculo-skeletal health
screen to identify people with musculo-skeletal
dysfunction and/or those who threaten your
workers compensation arrangements. |
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3. |
reviewing your
organisation's
musculo-skeletal risk
screen spreadsheet to get a
picture of what your risk profile looks like and
identify people at risk. |
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4. |
signing the
high risk people up for the
Clinical
Diagnostic Assessment. It's
essential that you have a Clinical Diagnostic Assessment
report in your files, preferably with an X-ray
attached. |
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5. |
showing a duty of
concern and care and enrolling your high risk staff
members on a one week
Pro-Active Rehab program. During the program
participants are taught the exercises they need to do to
get their bodies back into better alignment and strong
enough to do every day tasks without breaking down.
The Pro-Active Rehab
program involves clients spending up to 8 hours a day doing a
range of strength and flexibility exercises, inner
mental training and aerobic exercise.
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6. |
enrolling all
your staff in a
daily strength and flexibility exercise
program. |
