Police Officers, Fire Fighters, EMT’s
and Paramedics will over the course of their career be exposed to countless
situations where there will be no proper way to lift or move. Sometimes we just have to get the job done,
and get it done fast. Police, Fire and
EMS injury rates continue to rise despite better gear and equipment, so what is
an organization or Responder to do? Read on........
Working in EMS part time and having a career in Clinical Sports Medicine / Athletic Training full time has allowed me a unique look at our profession from both the inside out and the outside in.
The decision to write the Fit Responder book and enter the world of Public Safety Fitness, Wellness and Injury Prevention Consulting has been and continues to be fueled by the friends I made over my 8 years as a Paramedic.
The 'Fit Responder' Program came about because I could no longer sit quietly aside while watching co-workers bodies deteriorate and fail from lack of care, improper exercise and over / under use.
Throughout my career I have had countless Officers, Fire Fighters and Medics come to me for advice and guidance. Unfortunately by the time many of them contacted me their bodies were already injured. Make no mistake about it ...your chosen profession is hard on your body. But there are simple things that can be done, on duty and off, to fight injury and be fit.
The FIT RESPONDER program was designed to help you be healthy, stay healthy and perform better.
Utilizing simple but very effective tests and 'corrective exercises' we can keep you healthy, on the job while reducing your health care costs.
There are numerous 'programs, books, peer trainers and experts' out there that simply reinforce exercises and concepts that are dangerous. The biomechanical imbalances that a career in Public Safety causes and years of 'dangerous bodybuilding type' exercise will take it's toll on your body.
You
owe it to yourself and the community you serve to integrate Injury Prevention
Techniques and ‘corrective exercises’ into your fitness routine.
Let me teach you or your department how to use science and proper biomechanics to keep you healthy, strong and injury free.
Fit Responder: Serving those that serve through the Implementation of Advanced Physical Conditioning, Biomechanical Testing, Injury Prevention, Stress Reduction and Wellness programs.
Injury Prevention Programs designed
specifically for Public Safety. The only program of
its kind written by a clinician/corrective exercise specialist and Paramedic, this program will decrease injury while
drastically cutting employer costs. Meets the needs of risk and safety officers
and workers compensation specialists while empowering the field providers and
officers. Make no mistake, this is no
off the shelf or repurposed bodybuilding program and it’s no fancy tactical
fitness program that encourages dangerous exercise.
Wellness Programs that address the
specific and common issues surrounding a career in public safety.
From employee wellness to justification and launch of a wellness initiative
at your department this program keeps the staff healthy, productive, fit and on
the street.
On Duty Fitness.
Teaches safe, valid and effective techniques to improve flexibility,
function and physical performance while in uniform and on the job.
Lectures and presentations that will
motivate and empower field staff to become proactive self advocates toward
their health, wellness and career. Public safety
employees rarely take well to just being told to do something, especially when
it comes to fitness and wellness. As a
medic, clinician, spine and rehabilitation expert I can talk the talk and walk
the walk in the eyes of the Public safety employee. To learn Is to do, to feel
is to understand.