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In modern life, we spend a large portion of our day sitting at desks, in cars, on couches, and even while exercising on some machines. While sitting may feel restful, it places the body in a shortened, compressed posture for long periods of time. Two major muscle groups: the iliopsoas (your primary hip flexor) and the quadriceps, are especially affected.  Chronic Shortening of the Iliopsoas The iliopsoas connects your spine and pelvis to the top [...]

Protect Earning Capacity. Strengthen Culture. Safeguard the Bottom Line. 1. The Unspoken Risk Draining Self-Funded Employers Musculoskeletal and movement-related disorders (MSDs, MSDs and NMSDs) are the #1 cost driver in employer health plans—outpacing cardiac disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. They quietly erode what matters most: functional capacity, profitability, and trust. MSDs account for 20–30 % of all employer health spend, and the total business cost—including absenteeism and productivity loss—averages $2–4 million per 1,000 employees each [...]

When pain goes unchecked, it doesn’t just strain your people—it strains your profits. Every unresolved ache, absence, or claim quietly eats away at your margins until the impact is impossible to ignore. In Part 1 (People) and Part 2 (Performance) of this series, we explored how pain affects your employees and your operations. Now, we’re taking a closer look at what happens when those effects show up in your bottom line—and how Solveglobal helps you stop the financial bleed [...]

Do you have pain and tenderness in your elbow?   Conditions like lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) or medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow) aren’t just sports injuries —they’re common overuse injuries in people whose jobs demand constant lifting, reaching, carrying, and gripping.  What is epicondylitis?   Both conditions are forms of tendonitis—inflammation of the tendons that attach your forearm muscles to your elbow joint. The pain can show up:  On the outside of the elbow (tennis elbow): from repetitive [...]

More than half of today’s workforce is dealing with pain, and it’s not all coming from the office. While workplace injuries and poor ergonomics are common culprits, a growing number of employees are being impacted by injuries sustained off the clock. Whether it’s from weekend pickleball, morning runs, home improvement projects, or a ski trip gone wrong, leisure-time injuries are quietly affecting how people show up at work, and employers can’t afford to ignore them. [...]

Long shifts can take a toll on both your body and mind, leaving you drained, sore, and mentally fatigued. Whether you're a first responder, a healthcare professional, an athlete, or someone in a physically demanding job, proper recovery is essential to maintain your health and performance. Here are key strategies to help you recover effectively after a long shift.    Hydrate and Nourish Your Body During long hours of work, dehydration and nutrient depletion can occur. [...]

Standing desks have risen in popularity because of the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle that can occur when sitting for long periods of time at home or at an office. Sitting inherently uses less energy than standing or walking. When one sits for a long period of time, blood flow slows down since the resting heart rate is lower. Without proper movement or exercise to balance out this sedentary period, many negative side effects [...]

Discomfort at work isn’t just an annoyance—it’s a warning sign. A small ache today is a red flag- alerting you that you need to address it quickly before it becomes a bigger problem.   The solution? Stop treating pain weeks or months after it arises. Detect and treat pain and discomfort early.   Early identification of discomfort in the workplace and other environments is the most effective way to combat muscle, joint, and bone pain. By [...]

As technology advances, healthcare has to advance too. With advents of ultrasound, x-ray, MRI, CT scans come a larger understanding behind the problem of pain. Your hip hurts? Your knee popped? Let’s see what the image says. Imaging isn’t the end-all-be-all for treatment plans, but they can give practitioners a good idea about what is going on inside the body.   Even AI has helped healthcare evolve to become predictive. There are cases of early intervention [...]