Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Workplace Ergonomics?

Workplace ergonomics is a solution for building a better working environment and keeping employees and employers safe. It provides a proactive approach to injury prevention by identifying workplace risk factors and eliminating them before accidents occur. It also ensures that the working conditions match employees’ job demands and capabilities.

Why Is a Proactive Approach Necessary for Injury Prevention at Work?

A proactive approach to injury prevention has many benefits for companies and employers:

• It can reduce the risks of workplace injuries and absenteeism from work.
• It can save thousands of dollars in direct and indirect health expenses and compensation claims.
• It can boost employees’ morale and productivity by creating a safer working environment.

What Is the Roadmap to Injury Prevention at BIOKINETIX?

The injury prevention roadmap at BIOKINETIX is a 6-step process that consists of:

1. Functional Movement Screening: Our experts assess your employees’ movement patterns to detect their physical capabilities and limitations. They provide your workers with corrective exercises to improve their movements. 
2. Warm-Up and Exercise Programs: Our industrial athletic trainers will create personalized dynamic warm-up stretches and exercises your employees can perform at work. These workouts will prepare their bodies for their demanding tasks.
3. Ergonomic At-Risk Behavior Intervention: Our ergonomists will assess your workplace to detect the risk factors and use the 3E Process to offer solutions for these hazards. 
4. Injury Prevention and Well-Being Education: we will educate you on injury prevention and health topics such as sleep, nutrition, and stress management while giving you practical, behavioral-focused tips you can use daily. 
5. 1-On-1 Early Intervention Programs: In the early intervention programs, our experienced trainers will address early signs of injuries while mitigating current issues and physical discomforts. 
6. Maximize Employee UpTime: Our safety measures and preventative programs will lead to better performance of your employees and a lower risk of injury.

Which Industries Do You Serve? 

Our programs are uniquely designed to serve the unique needs across various industries such as:

• Utilities
• Logistics, transportation, and warehousing
• Manufacturing
• Food processing, food and beverage
• Hospitality
• Aviation

What preventative methods are used by BIOKINETIX? 

BIOKINETIX designs tailor-made occupational health programs and injury prevention programs drawing from a combination of scientific methodologies developed by our industrial and medical ergonomists. Our proven systematic approach for mitigating at-risk behaviors is based on the TASC methodology, The Science of More UpTime, and the 3E Process.

What Is The Science of More UpTime?

The Science of More UpTime is at the core of all our strategies. This concept emphasizes positive health behaviors and reduced risks of injury to give employees and employers more free time. They can pursue personal and organizational growth and achieve a healthy work-life balance using this freed-up time.

What Is The 3E Process?

The 3E Process is a powerful tool for systematic workplace injury prevention. It is a calculated approach powered by occupational ergonomics for identifying hazards and proposing solutions. It consists of three phases that include:

1. Engineering: We examine the machinery and equipment at your work and your overall working environment. We then suggest cost-effective modifications and enhancements you can make to eliminate the risk factors and improve safety.
2. Ergonomics: We use medical ergonomics to educate your employees on proper body forms for their tasks. We also teach them ways to use their physiology to improve their work performance and reduce their chances of injury.
3. Exercise: Our qualified occupational athletic trainers will give you time-efficient stretching and exercise programs, such as our 3 minutes warm-up routine, based on sports medicine. Your employees can perform these exercises before work to prepare for the physical demands of their jobs.

Are the Results Sustainable?

By using the TASC methodology, BIOKINETIX builds a sustainable culture of safety at your workplace. The companies we have worked with have seen incredible results from the strategic services they have maintained over the years to reduce or eliminate injuries and recordables. 

With an average 5.62-to-1 return on investment and proven results in the bottom line, you can use our preventative programs for the long run and see their positive impact not only on the well-being of your employees, but your profits overall.

What Sets BIOKINETIX Apart From Its Competitors?

We are experts at what we do with core features that make our services stand apart:

• BIOKINETIX is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that supports veteran-owned companies by seeking their help in developing equipment for its stretching and conditioning programs.
• Our interests are aligned with yours as we have no affiliations with clinics that treat work injuries. Providing you with the best and most effective programs is our primary goal.
• We develop our stretching and exercise programs that are rooted in the science of sports medicine to create programs similar to what professional athletes use to prepare for their sport.

Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions about our practices or want to schedule an evaluation of your workplace.