Finding the Weak Link: A Proactive Approach to Injury Prevention

Firefighter is ranked one of the most hazardous occupations each year, an average career is about 25 years so injuries are going to happen. Many health and wellness programs are created to do just that promote health and wellness, yet many do not go any further than this. Exercise is important, but what exercises would benefit our firefighters more accurately? What if we can establish a better system that will help us identify the muscular imbalances associated with each individual firefighter? This would allow us to select specific exercises that would target those areas that lengthen or strengthen specific muscles, which in essence provide us with a better injury prevention program.

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