Kines-Tech^SM Training

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This program specifically addresses the over-use aspects of 'over-use' injury. ('Over-use' injury is also referred to as RSI, CTD and Repetitive Motion Injury.) Raised shoulders when typing, the crossing of legs, clenching of muscles due to tension and stress are just some examples of poor 'use'. Poor 'use' affects the way we function both in the workplace and elsewhere and is one of the primary causes or aggravating factors of pain and discomfort. Conversely, correct 'use' implies a freedom and lightness of movement in all areas of activity and a sense of comfort and ease within oneself.

In this training we start to identify and eliminate response patterns (oftentimes non-conscious) that result in 'over-use' habits. As 'over-use' is observable in all daily activity, trainees may be asked to perform simple actions: stand and sit, walk, mime the action of typing, demonstrate resting, recreate their 'use' at the workstation, and, as postural changes need to be addressed kinesthetically, be guided hands-on through certain movements or tension releases.

Screening Procedure For 'Overuse'

This training is able to screen for possible root causes of 'Overuse Injury' through the 'Misuse Analysis' procedure. A 'Misuse Analysis' identifies specific areas of an individual's 'over-use' and is conducted during the initial training and then presented to each participant afterwards. This serves as a record of 'overuse' habits that a participant can then continue to work with by applying the principles learnt in the training. When trainees' scores are high, they automatically qualify for further training. In this way 'Mis-use' habits are identified before they develop into 'Overuse Injury'. (Frequently, 'overuse' is identified only once debilitating symptoms are reported and 'overuse injury' is officially diagnosed. It is rarely identified prior to this).

Education Versus Cure

Kines-Tech^SM offers two initial programs.

• A three-hour workshop for 5 to 10 employees conducted on-site.
• A one-hour follow-up training for two employees at a time, also conducted on-site.

Three-Hour Workshop Content

• Identifying postural Mis-use
• How to 'break' habits—before new habits are learned, old habits need to be stopped
• Learning anew—why 'sit up straight' doesn't work
• Sensory feedback—is it reliable?
• New movement patterns—reorganizing posture and movement
• Responding differently
• Re-learning movement
• How to rest efficiently
• The Body and the Workstation
• How to use ergonomic furniture
• Review

Follow-up Training

On-site paired sessions for selected attendees.

• Further study of individual 'Mis-use' patterns
• Ergonomic changes
• Hands-on re-education
• Making specific kinesthetic changes
• Filming movement at a simulated workstation

Further Programs

Further programs include:

• One-week course with two trainers for up to 50 employees.
• One-hour refresher course—several months after initial training
• Work site visits—after initial training and conducted at the trainees' workstation.