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John Miller conducted a Health Management program for The
Group in November 2008.
74 people, 61 men and 13 women completed the following
profiles: -
■
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
■ Elite force
fitness
■
Elite force musculo-skeletal risk
■
Diet
■
Chemical intake
■
Stress risk
■
Career satisfaction
The results are presented in graphic format, with
commentary.
Click here to read what the assessments are all about
HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING PROFILE
The
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile
provides people with a very good idea of how well the various systems of
the body are functioning, particularly the
the mind
autonomic nervous system
immune system
digestive system
circulatory system
elimination system
musculo-skeletal system.
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Symptom |
None |
Not much |
A fair bit |
A lot |
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1. |
Headaches including migraines |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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2. |
Lack of energy and vitality |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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3. |
Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea
... |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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4. |
Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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5. |
Snoring &/or sleep apnoea.
Score 10 if using a mask |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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6. |
Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders,
dicky knee RSI ... |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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7. |
Frequent colds, flu, sinus |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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8. |
Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score
10 if on medication) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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9. |
Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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10. |
Irritable bowel, constipation |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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11. |
Asthma |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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12. |
Low level of aerobic fitness |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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13. |
Chest pain, palpitations |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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14. |
Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ... |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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15. |
Mouth ulcers, cold sores |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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16. |
Elevated blood pressure. Score 0
on pills |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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17. |
Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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18. |
Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if
on medication |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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19. |
Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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20. |
Grinding teeth |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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21. |
Alcoholic drinks per day (2
pts/drink) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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22. |
Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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23. |
Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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24. |
Anxious about life, insecure,
apprehensive |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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25. |
Sad or depressed (On medication,
score 0) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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26. |
In wrong job for now |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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27. |
Under-appreciated at work |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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28. |
Have poor work/life balance |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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29. |
Unhappy with family
life |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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30. |
Unhappy with financial status |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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The score of a normal, fit and healthy
human being is less than 20
Higher scores are symptomatic
of dysfunction of one or more body systems.
People with high levels of
stress usually score well over 100.
For people with a score of more
than 80, the background noise of their life is becoming louder and
louder. It is hard to concentrate on your work when body systems are
dysfunctional.
We know a fit and healthy group
when we see the majority of scores below 40. This was not the case with
this group. By and large higher scores are usually a reflection of
low levels of fitness
an inability to deal with what life and
work are serving up to people.
Remember, it is not what
happens, but how we deal with what happens that determines our level of
stress.

Classification of average scores: Excellent - less
than 40. Good - 41 - 50. Fair 51-60. Poor - over 60.
This profile is described as fair.
The
average score was
52.
Anyone scoring more than 80 is putting up with a lot of 'background
noise'.
HEALTH CLIMATE SURVEY
Based on scores received in the
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile we've compiled a Health Climate Survey. Scores on each item
have ranked - the
higher the score the worse the problem.
We registered those scores of 5 and over as being a
symptom, issue or concern, the most pressing of which have been
highlighted. We added
the scores for each item. The results appear in the table below.
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Symptoms/ issues / concerns |
% of
people scoring
over 5 |
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Overweight |
52 |
13 |
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Crook back, sore shoulders |
35 |
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Low level of fitness |
35 |
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Lack of Energy |
22 |
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Poor sleep |
22 |
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Snoring, sleep apnoea |
20 |
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Elevated blood pressure |
20 |
13 |
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Caffeine |
20 |
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Work-life balance |
19 |
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Under appreciated at work |
17 |
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Financial status |
16 |
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Depressed |
14 |
5 |
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Reflux, unsettled stomach |
13 |
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Alcohol |
13 |
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Anxious |
13 |
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Grinding teeth |
10 |
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Wrong job |
10 |
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Frequent colds, flu, sinus |
9 |
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Irritable bowel, constipation etc |
9 |
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Unhappy family life |
9 |
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Smoking |
9 |
6 |
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Headaches |
7 |
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Candida |
6 |
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Elevated cholesterol |
6 |
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Elevated glucose |
4 |
2 |
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Shakes, nervous mannerisms |
4 |
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Itchy, rashes, psoriasis |
3 |
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Mouth ulcers |
3 |
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Chest pain, palpitations |
1 |
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Shortness of breath from asthma |
0 |
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Compared with other groups we've surveyed the number of
symptoms/issues/concerns over 20% (highlighted) is not high and revolve
principally around issues relating to
fitness -
metabolic dysfunction
(high blood pressure, lack of energy, snoring and being over weight) and
musculo-skeletal dysfunction.
Perception
Based on people's perception (where they gave a
particular symptom a score of 5 or more, and backed up by objective
scores) the key issues are
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Obesity
52% of people
said they were more than 10Kg over weight. 20% were more than
20Kg overweight. It's a symptom of
metabolic dysfunction and relates to high energy diets and low
energy lifestyles. It's suggestive of elevated levels of insulin
floating around the body, which is a precursor of all manner of
body system dysfunctions - elevated blood pressure, elevated
cholesterol, elevated blood glucose.
The recommendation, 25% of people need to get more
exercise at lunch time and eat from the top of the Hourglass.
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Snoring
20% of people
said they snored loudly enough for it to be a problem.
The recipe for a good snore is to be male, be unfit and at least
20Kg over weight, to have high blood pressure, have a few drinks
every night, be stressed out of their brain and sleep on their
back. |
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Lack of energy
22% of people
said they lacked energy.
Low levels of
energy come from many sources, including: -
- lack
of a good aerobic fitness training program
- a
diet high in wheat flour and sugar
-
dullness
- ... |
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Fitness
35% said they
were unfit. We recommend
staff be given the greatest encouragement to maintain an
acceptable level of fitness. For a start they'll feel better.
Fitness has a significant
bearing on the scores for low levels of energy, poor sleep,
snoring, depression and headaches. |
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Musculo-skeletal dysfunction
35% of people
said they had some sort of musculo-skeletal dysfunction.
Musculo-skeletal dysfunction goes with low levels of strength
and flexibility. Those at greatest
risk need encouragement to attend a strength and flexibility
training program several times a week. |
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Under-appreciation at
work
17% said they
were under-appreciated at work.
Compared with other groups this is a good result.
Whilst it is not a great cause for concern, managers need to take note and put in train a series of
measures to improve this score in say, 3 months time. This
factor certainly needs addressing in more detail and
re-evaluation. |
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Being in the wrong job
Only
10% of people
said they were in the wrong job.
Compared with other groups
this is a good result.
Whilst there is usually
a high and positive correlation between people being in the
wrong job and people saying they are under-appreciated at work, this was not
the case with this group.
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Diet
A diet high in flour and
sugar and low in fruit, vegetables and fibre leads to irritable
and bowel, reflux. |
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Depression and anxiety
There is an epidemic of depression in our
community and we encourage all organisations to target depression.
14
people gave themselves a score of 5 or more on the depression question.
5
people were on
anti-depressant medication.
There is a significant core of depression that relates to poor health
generally.
All body systems are connected. The
epidemic of depression will continue to escalate at the same rate as the
epidemic of all other body system dysfunctions. People need to be given
encouragement to exercise regularly and vigorous, eat less flour and
sugar and imbibe less of the culturally chemicals - particularly
nicotine, caffeine and alcohol.
Because of the relationship of depression
to fitness and diet there is a chance that some people have been
misdiagnosed.
Some aspects of depression relate to
psychologically generated issues. It is important that these
people be encouraged to have regular counselling - through the EAP or
other counsellors -
The best book about
depression I've read, and what you can do about it, and one that I
recommend highly is by psychiatrist, David Servan-Schreiber,
Healing Without Freud or Prozac.
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Blood pressure
13 people indicated they were on blood pressure medication.
This is a very high percentage of people (20%).
Blood pressure is a symptom of body system
dysfunction relating directly to
- lack of aerobic fitness
- being over weight
- being stressed.
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Smoking
There
were 6 confirmed smokers. This is a good result over a group of
74 people. Now lets move heaven and earth to
assist these people to give
it away altogether.
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Alcohol
intake
13% of people indicated a
higher than acceptable level of alcohol consumption. For too many people
it is culturally acceptable to drink half a dozen cans of beer a night.
Not only does willpower dissolve in alcohol but it increases the size of
the waist. |
FITNESS
The
fitness profile is comprised of a mix of 10 objective and subjective
assessments.
Are you keeping yourself fit and healthy to the best of your
ability?
What was your score on the
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
profile?
Are you about your ideal weight?
Aerobic fitness test
Abdominal strength test
Upper body strength test
Flexibility test
Mobility test
Aerobic activity training behaviour
Level of energy and vitality.
A
reasonable score is over 70%.
Those
receiving less than 70 are not training with sufficient vigour or
intensity on a regular and systematic basis to keep themselves fit and
healthy.
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As a group this is a
poor profile. 20% were on blood pressure medication. |
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Another poor profile - 20% on medication. |
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Patchy. |
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As a
group this is a poor result. 52% were 10
or more kilos over their ideal weight. Being overweight greatly compromises mobility.
This is not an elite force score. |
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Patchy. |
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This is a poor result. Most people couldn't do 40 situps with
their feet held. This
means that the strength of the muscles on the front of their
body is not sufficient to keep their pelvis and spinal column in
good alignment. |
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This is a poor result. 21 people couldn't touch their toes at
all. Too many people have tight
muscles along the back side of their body - calves, hamstrings,
buttock and back. It's caused by two things - sitting down and
not having a flexibility program. There is a high risk of lower
back and neck dysfunction. |
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This is
a poor result. Most people
could not do 40 pressups. They are leaving themselves open to upper back,
shoulder and arm dysfunction. |
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A poor result. Most people are
having difficulty getting down on the floor and back up again. Being overweight and having a game leg, bung hip and a crook
back dramatically reduces mobility. |
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This is a poor result. This is not the score of an elite
force group. It is a symptom of metabolic dysfunction, or
under-training. |
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As a group overall fitness - aerobic, strength
and flexibility - is not good. 60% of participants failed the
test. |
Overall
the fitness scores was
56.
PLATINUM CHALLENGE
The PLATINUM FITNESS
CHALLENGE is the highest elite force fitness award. It involves 4
key measures of fitness.
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1. |
Aerobic
fitness - number of 20m laps in 5 minutes |
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2. |
Situps
- maximum consecutive number in 90 seconds - feet held, fingers
clasped behind ears,
coming up so
elbows touch alternate knees, shoulders (not head) hitting the
floor. |
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3. |
Pressups
- maximum consecutive number in 60 seconds - men on toes, women
on knees. |
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4. |
Functional mobility - sit down (legs straight out) and
standup (straight) in 30 seconds,
multiplied by
4. |
SCORING
To achieve a particular
standard participants needed to complete the required number of
repetitions as listed below. Their award depends on the lowest of your
scores.
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Award |
20m Laps |
Situps |
Pressups |
Functional Mobility x 4 |
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10.
Platinum |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
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9.
Diamond |
55 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
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8. Gold |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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7.
Silver |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
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6.
Bronze |
40 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
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5. Tin |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
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4.
Plastic |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
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3. Wood |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
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2.
Cardboard |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
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1. Paper |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
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0.
String |
<15 |
<15 |
<15 |
<15 |
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It was a disappointing result. A large number
of staff scored zero on one of more of the items. People in modest shape
can reach the 40 point level with ease. This was not a highly tuned
group by any means.

MUSCULO-SKELETAL RISK
Our musculo-skeletal risk factor profile looked at
a range of parameters including mobility, strength and flexibility and
whether people are training to keep themselves strong and flexible.
The musculo-skeletal risk factor profile is
comprised of a mix of 7 objective and 3 subjective assessments.
Current
musculo-skeletal condition
Abdominal strength
test
Upper body
strength test
Flexibility
Functional mobility the ability to sit
down and stand up with ease.
Shoulder function
Dominant hand grip
Non-dominant
hand grip
Flexibility training behaviour
Strength training behaviour
A score of 70% is attainable by those who have a
regular and systematic training program.
Those scoring less than 70 are not doing
sufficient in the way of strength and flexibility exercises. They are
therefore exposing themselves to a high risk of musculo-skeletal
dysfunction. (It would be bizarre for a workplace to offer to pay the
rehabilitation costs of people who were not keeping themselves strong
enough or flexible enough to do their job without succumbing to
musculo-skeletal dysfunction, wouldn't it?)
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A mediocre result. Too
many people are experiencing some pain and
discomfort. Those scoring less the 6 are encouraged to attend a
prehab/rehab program, for their own benefit and that of the
organisation. |
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As a
group this is a poor result. 52% were 10
or more kilos over their ideal weight. Being overweight greatly compromises mobility.
This is not an elite force score. |
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Generally speaking a good result. However, 5 people
couldn't do a squat, for a variety of reasons - dicky knees,
bung hips, crook backs and excess weight. |
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This is a poor result. Most people couldn't do 40 situps with
their feet held. This
means that the strength of the muscles on the front of their
body is not sufficient to keep their pelvis and spinal column in
good alignment. |
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This is a poor result. 21 people couldn't touch their toes at
all. Too many people have tight
muscles along the back side of their body - calves, hamstrings,
buttock and back. It's caused by two things - sitting down and
not having a flexibility program. There is a high risk of lower
back and neck dysfunction. |
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This is
a poor result. Most people
could not do 40 pressups. They are leaving themselves open to upper back,
shoulder and arm dysfunction. |
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A poor result. Most people are
having difficulty getting down on the floor and back up again. Being overweight and having a game leg, bung hip and a crook
back dramatically reduces mobility. |
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A mediocre result. Close to 40% of
people had some form of shoulder dysfunction. |
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Its
always the case, few people have a regular strength and
flexibility program. |
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Average score: 49.
Not good. These people are not in particularly good shape.
The risk of musculo-skeletal dysfunction is high due to low
levels of strength and flexibility. Those who scored less than
60 are encouraged to take part in a regular strength and
flexibility training program . |
By far
and away a high proportion of people do not have a strength and
flexibility program. As a result they are getting weaker and tighter by
the week, thereby exposing themselves and the organisation to risk.
In our opinion musculo-skeletal dysfunction
caused by lack of a regular and systematic strength and flexibility
program cannot be classified as an injury.
We recommend a range of strength and flexibility
classes that are readily available Australia-wide: -
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Posture and
Flexibility |
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Yoga
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Crookback Clinic |
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Tai Chi |
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Pontius Pilates |
The
lack of strength and flexibility training coupled with poor abdominal strength, upper body strength, flexibility
and shoulder
function is a cause for
concern and needs the attention of individual staff and managers.
Recommendation
We strongly recommend that
the people who are in current poor musculo-skeletal condition, and who lack abdominal
strength, upper body strength, flexibility, shoulder
function and functional mobility, in particular
those who scored less than 60
on the profile, to attend regular strength and flexibility classes.
DIET PROFILE
The
diet profile is designed to assist participants to check out whether
they are eating wisely and also one which has appropriate amounts of
carbohydrate, protein and fat. It also looks at various eating habits,
eg eating too much, eating for comfort ...
Closeness to ideal weight?
Do you eat a decent breakfast?
Do you eat a high fat diet?
Do you eat a high starch diet?
Do you eat from the top of the Diet Hourglass?
How much water do you during each day?
Do you supplement your diet with essential micro-nutrients vitamins,
minerals, essential
fats (omega 3) and glyco-proteins - and
nutraceuticals -
ginko, aloe vera, Echinacea ...?
Do you eat too much?
Are you ruled by your addictions to fat, sugar and starch?
Does the back end of your system work like a charm?
We use the
Hourglass Diet as out eating model.
Low
scores are usually symptomatic of high fat, high starch, low fibre
diets. The results: - people become over fat and constipated.
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Being over weight is a symptom of metabolic dysfunction. 52% of
people were more than 10Kg overweight, 10 people were more than
20Kg over weight. |
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Too many people filling themselves up on flour and
sugar at breakfast time. This is due to the Kellogification of our diets. The 'fat police' have just about stripped a
decent cooked breakfast out
of existence. |
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If
you're over weight you've either got a fat guts ... |
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or a starch guts, or a sugar guts or a beer guts
... |
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The nature of our culture is that it's too easy
to eat junk food. |
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Some people are not drinking enough water. We're too
affluent - we can afford to drink coffee, fruit juice and
carbonated drinks to slake our thirst; every thing but water.
'Water, water every where ...' but no-one wants to drink it! |
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Unless you eat the perfect diet, there is a good case for supplementing one's
diet. Our food lacks vitamins minerals and essential fats. |
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Not only do I fail to eat from the top of the
Hourglass, But I eat too much. It's hard to satisfy the inner
hunger by eating. |
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There's an epidemic of food addiction, particularly to chocolate, cola drinks, cake, biscuits,
ice-cream ... |
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Back end function depends on eating less fat, flour and
sugar and more fruit, vegetables and fibre. Psyllium husk works a
treat. |
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Patchy. Total score
62. A very average
score. It's too easy to eat a high energy dense diet of manufactured
food - particularly foods containing large amounts of fat, flour and
sugar - food that comes in packets, tins, cans, bottles, cardboard boxes
and plastic bags. This is a group that needs to design strategies to get
more fruit, vegetables and water down their throat. |
Australia is in a grip of an obesity and body system dysfunction
epidemic generated
by too much of the wrong food on the one hand, and too little of the
right food on the other. It is my opinion that diets high in refined,
cereal-based carbohydrates and sugar (the garbohydrates) are the
suspects. Too few people seem to be aware that their level of
body fat is affected by the amount of flour and sugar they take in each
day. The high starch diet has replaced the high fat diet, with the same
consequences. The garbohydrate diet stimulates insulin production which
leads to fat gain, and all manner of metabolic dysfunctions.
Many people are
unaware that they may
be allergic or intolerant of some foods, particularly wheat flour, milk,
deadly nightshades, chocolate, alcohol, caffeine, preservatives ...
Most people have a
flour and sugar breakfast, attributed to the kelloggification of the
Australian diet. You don't eat biscuits for lunch and dinner so why are
you eating them for breakfast? The breakfast eating behaviour of
Australians is dreadful. Few people have fruit. Even fewer have
vegetables, or adequate protein and fat.
Few people take vitamin
and mineral supplements. I believe there are good reasons to do so. If
you don't believe me, I recommend you buy the book,
What Your
Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition May Be Killing You, by Ray
Strand, MD.
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their own recognition a small number of people said they over-ate and
were ruled by their addictions to junk food.
The
operation of the back end of the system was only fair low scores being
reflective of a diet that lacks sufficient fibre.
CHEMICAL INTAKE PROFILE
The
chemical profile focuses principally on the mix of culturally acceptable
stimulants and depressants.
Do you smoke?
How many alcoholic drinks do you have a week?
How much caffeine do you drink each day?
Do you persistently feed a sweet tooth?
Do you persistently feed a salt tooth?
How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
Do you have a high intake of food additives?
How do you rate your reliance on headache and pain-killing tablets?
Are you on sleeping tablets or anti-depressants?
Are you on diabetes or blood pressure mediation?
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Overall a good result (except for the 3 of people who
have more than 20 drinks a week). As people become fitter the need
for alcohol declines. |
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Less is good. |
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Time to stop putting sugar in tea and coffee. |
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Bones out of alignment are the
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Headaches are not caused by a lack of Panadol! |
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A good result. 1 person regularly
taking sleeping medication.
Poor sleep is not caused by a lack of Stilnox! The
first causality of anxiety is poor sleep. Find out the cause of
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5 people were on anti-depressant
medication. These people need a twice daily aerobic fitness
training program, omega 3 fat supplementation, and regular
counselling. They need to take their holidays and long service
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Elevated blood pressure is another indication of
metabolic dysfunction. It is not caused by a lack of Avpro! 14 people are on blood pressure medication.
This is an exceptionally high proportion of people and may be related to
the job. More likely it is personally generated by a lack of fitness. It
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2 people were on diabetes medication. Diabetes is not
caused by a lack of Metformin. On the contrary it is another symptom of
metabolic dysfunction caused by a diet high in flour and sugar and a
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Average score: 85.
A fair result. A good score on this profile is over 80. Scores
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It is usually the case that fit
and healthy people dont drink to any great degree. In fact they only
have one or two drinks per week.
However, weve well and truly entered the junk medical age when the
medical priesthood is encouraging their clients to wash down an Aspro
each day with a couple of glasses of claret, all in the name of good
health! The people we see who are fittest and healthiest also have very
low, or zero intakes of alcohol, caffeine and Aspro.
STRESS RISK PROFILE
Participants completed
a simple stress and relaxation profile designed to assist them in making an
assessment of how they were affected by stress. It is based on the habits of
unstressed people.
If you do what
unstressed people do you are less at risk of becoming stressed. Im yet to
see someone who said they were highly stressed or depressed who got a high
score on this profile. A good score is over 70.
How would you
rate your current stress level
Do you get a
good nights sleep?
Do you take your
holidays?
Are you keeping
yourself fit and healthy?
Is there balance
in your life?
Do you take time
off at lunch time?
How many hours a
week do you work?
Are you good at
giving back to your Self?
Do you meditate?
Are you happy
with your family (and romantic) life?
The matter of stress
always needs to be addressed by organisations as part of a personal
development thrust, and aimed at all staff. If stress management type
programs are to be conducted, all staff need to be involved, otherwise those
at most risk and those who are currently most stressed (and too wrapped up
in their own busyness) will not attend.
For those who spend
long hours at work, I often wonder whether the behaviour is externally or
internally driven. I suspect the latter. No body on their death bed ever
said 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'
A few people are
struggling with their family life. This is another fertile area for
personal development and counseling programs. It's hard to concentrate at
work when your home life is in turmoil
SCORING GUIDELINES
Excellent, scoring 8 or
more
Good, scoring 7 or more
Fair, scoring 5 or
6
Poor, scoring less than
5
Pass mark on all
parameters 7/10.
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This is a reasonable result. 28% of the group don't sleep
well. The first casualty of
anxiety and low levels of fitness is sleep. The first causality of
anxiety is poor sleep. Find out the cause of the problem. Exercise more,
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A
poor result. Paul Pearsal
in his book Superimmunity' said you need a 21 day away from home
holiday every year. |
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Not a good result. Too many
people are not keeping themselves in the shape they'd like to be
in - and which they need to be in. |
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With
some exceptions this is
a reasonable result. |
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A
poor result. Too many people don't take time off to switch off
and get outside in the fresh air. This is a reflection of poor
management - personal and organisational |
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This is a poor result. Too many
people are working extra ;long hours. No one
on their death bed ever said 'I wish I'd spent more time at the
office.' The people working the longest hours may be women with
young children who have a shift before work, a shift at work, a
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Too many people are too busy to
look after and nurture their Self. |
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Very few people meditate.
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Family life satisfaction is good for most people, but not
for a few. The tail suggests
the organisation could encourage staff with
family problems to go to the employee assistance program for advice and
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Average score: 56.
This is indeed an average sort of a score. People could do more to look
after their Self. I recommend that people scoring less that 50
spend time with a counselor or life coach, or go to a personal
development weekend to get themselves
centred and grounded on looking after their Self - start doing
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CAREER SATISFACTION PROFILE
The parameters in the
profile relate to a mix of factors influences by the participant, management
and their colleagues.
How close are
you to doing the job youd really like to be doing?
Are you in the
right job for now?
Is work giving
you life or sucking life out of you?
Are you focused
on your career options?
Do you get good
feedback from your manager?
Do you receive
an appropriate financial reward?
Do you feel you
and your work are valued and appreciated?
Do you work for
an organisation that cares about people?
Do you enjoy the
company of the people you work with?
Whats the level
of morale like in your work group?
Normally, when results
on the overall career profile are less than 70/100, people agree that
theyre not in the right job. Certainly those scoring less than 60 have
sufficient issues relating to career management as to seriously consider
going somewhere else.
SCORING GUIDELINES
Excellent, scoring 8 or
more
Good, scoring 7 or more
Fair, scoring 5 or
6
Poor, scoring less than
5
Pass mark on all
parameters 7/10.
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This
is a good score - 5 people
didn't know what they wanted to do when they grew up! My encouragement to people who scored
less than 6 is to move heaven and earth to work out what it is
they really want to do - and develop a plan to get there as soon
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exceptionally
good result. Good managers can find out who the few people scoring less
than 7/10 are and assist them to move to the job they'd really like to
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Overall a good result, with a few exceptions. Work is probably about as stressful as you want it to be.
Walk away. Make appointments for your Self that
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This is a fair to middling result.
40% of staff were not happy with the amount of feedback. Of all our profile questions, this
one is usually the worst answered. In this organisation there's
some extra work for managers. For staff our recommendation is
always to manage up. A lot of managers fall into the trap of getting on
with their own work rather than seeing the principal function of
their work being to manage their staff. Some don't have the
personality, the confidence, the know-how or the aptitude. So,
manage up. Take your manager
out for morning tea once a month and talk about yourself and
your work. Get some regular feedback. Don't wait for the big one
at the end of the year. If you manager doesn't have time for
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With a few exceptions, these
people are pretty satisfied with what they sell themselves for.
If you're not happy, you're selling yourself short. Log onto
Seek and get your suit
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This is a patchy result, though
for the most part, work is valued and
appreciated. |
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Doubtful! The
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Except for a couple of hiccups, this is a very, very good score. People like working
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Except for the short tail, morale is good. It's generally the case that our morale is good when my
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Average score: 71.
Compared with other groups,
this can only be
described as a fair, result. For people who score less than
70, there is the whiff of a suggestion they're not in the right
job. The situation is certainly redeemable. For people scoring
less than 60 the smell is becoming distinctly stronger and below
50 it is very strong. Being in the wrong job sucks all
vitality out of you.
For those who are in the wrong job there are
several options; change your manager, change yourself or change
your job.
By our reckoning about 20% of people are not in
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The Buddha and
Confucius both said 'Find the job you'd love to do and you don't have to
do another days work in your life.'
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