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The office where i work has just had a gym built into one of the rooms in a drive to promote healthy living throughout the workforce. I think this is a great idea but am just wondering if we should be sending people to our OH provider to undergo a basic gym assessment prior to them using it for the first time. Last thing i wan't is somebody hurting themselves or aggrevating an existing condition because of increased physical activity.
Anybody else come across this before?
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I would make them sign an agreement to use the gym. And make one of the conditions that the user should seek medical advice if they suffer from heart problems, have had a stroke etc
That's not to say they couldn't use the gym. After all they might be the unfit employees that would benefit most from mild exercise. But they should seek their own GP advice as they know their medical history.
I personally think the OH assessment is OTT.
But I would give them an induction if there is equipment involved.
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When I joined the local (LA) gym they did an induction and took blood pressure. It was a bit high and they recommended I check with MD before getting stuck in, but it wasn't something they labored.
To me it just seemed to be showing due care, to a degree your employer would also need to show due care. But I'd have thought a bit of induction and information would suffice.
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Inductions are planned to be carried out before anybody is allowed to use the equipment. I'll maybe incorporate some kind of health awareness into the induction as well and arrange a gym assesment to anybody who may ask for one.
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The Par-Q would be a useful health screening test to use to indicate whether staff should seek GP approval prior to commencing an exercise program.
A typical assessment would include:
Resting measures - Heart Rate, Blood Pressures, weight, height, etc
Exercise Test - Typically a sub-maximal VO2 max test. This helps to screen individuals who potentially require further assessment/referral as well as giving users a baseline for their fitness.
Exercise Programming - Design program and give user instruction in the exercises.
Other considerations could include:
Is the gym going to be supervised, if so by who?
Is the layout suitable to minimise risk of injury (ie suitable access/egress to equipment, circulation space to allow good positioning when handling plate weights, treadmills positioned to reduce injuries when people come of the back of them)?
What first aid provisions are in place?
Access control - prevention unathorised use.
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