
Keeping Teams Up and Running – A Leader’s Guide to Effective Injury Prevention
Keeping Teams Up and Running - A Leader's Guide to Effective Injury Prevention "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." - Indiana Jones Relatively young men and women in the military seem to sustain more injuries than their non-service peers. Ask a Marine which knee hurts, and they're likely to tell you "the worse one" rather than label right or left! There's no doubt that physical injuries like overuse take a toll on the body. But they also disrupt a leader's operational planning when a team member is sidelined due to a seemingly benign injury. Leaders, take note: overuse injuries can be reduced on a meaningful scale. Many are entirely preventable. All will require your awareness and action to mitigate the risks and keep your team up and running. This article…