Tiger Tail Stretch & Flex Method For Corporations

Prevention is the Key To Success

In physically demanding professions, there is a high emphasis on reducing or eliminating “recordable” injuries and claims. OSHA defines a recordable injury or claims as one that causes an employee to receive medical care beyond first aid, hospitalization, job reassignment, or duty restriction. At MacDonald-Miller, the primary cause of recordable injuries and claims are muscle strain and over-extension, with back injuries being the most problematic.

Lee Pyfrom, Director of Safety, recognized incorporating additional preventative measures would go a long way toward increasing employee physical agility and health, as well as further reducing on-the-job injuries.

Solutions to Reduce Recordable Injuries – The Deciding Moment

In 2019 Pyfrom attended a regional safety event where muscle rolling was being demonstrated in conjunction with stretching exercises that would increase mobility and prevent muscle injury. Though the information was met with slight skepticism by Pyfrom, he was pleasantly surprised to experience first-hand evidence of the claim after participating in the demonstration.

Pyfrom purchased 100 of 18” Tiger Tail original rolling muscle massagers to incorporate myofascial release and muscle rolling into the MacMiller Stretch and Flex pre-shift program. “Adding muscle rolling with the 18” Original Tiger Tail to our pre-shift Stretch and Flex Program was successful, resulting in a decrease in back injuries,” Pyfrom said. The key to success with employee adoption was to demonstrate the tool within the context of the MacMiller Stretch and Flex Program.

From 2020 to the present MacDonald-Miller’s implementation of muscle rolling achieved the following:

• Recordable injuries dropped 67%
• Recordable injuries fell from four (4) per year to ONLY one (1) injury in four (4) years total.
• Bottom-line savings: $77,900 since implementing Tiger Tail rollers into its programs, saving an average cost of $5,000 per injury

Pyfrom believes these savings will continue to increase as the adoption of muscle rolling across company divisions expands. Currently, it is being implemented in key sectors and is planned to expand to office staff as well as other departments within the company.

Future plans include:

• Adding demonstration videos produced by Tiger Tail USA for employee reference
• T-1000 massage guns for muscle relief stations

Conclusion

When asked what Pyfrom would like to highlight about using Tiger Tail USA muscle recovery tools, he had this to say, “Being a safety professional, I‘m always looking for something that will make a positive impact in regard to injury prevention, and in my 20 years experience this has been one of the most successful campaigns I have been a part of that has made a positive difference in preventing back injuries.”