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VataVibe At Work
The Impact of the Workplace on Health (Health Canada)
Poor working environments and employment conditions can have a negative impact on health. It has been proven that people who have more control over their work environment and fewer job stress-related demands tend to be healthier.
Safe, healthy, and supportive working conditions and environments are being recognized as important elements that contribute to the optimal health and well-being of Canadians.
The Cost to Business of Ignoring Employee Stress (Health Canada –Impact of Stress on Employees)
Home and job stress both affect wellness (self-reported health status) through a number of related mechanisms, including:
- By defeating employees’ sense of control over their work and their health which, in turn, reduces motivation to pursue positive health practices; and
- By making it difficult for employees to maintain a healthy lifestyle and pursue positive health practices.
The health and safety-related costs of ignoring stress risks in an organization are:
- Higher benefit payouts
- Higher absenteeism
- Lower efficiency
- Lower productivity
- Less creativity
- Less competitiveness
- Less client/consumer satisfaction
- Higher injury rates
- Higher property damage rates
In his report, Dr. Shain contends that employers will soon face litigation based on the lack of due diligence that creates excessive stress for employees. He concludes that organizations need to examine the decisions and choices that produce stress and then establish strategies to help employees manage stress.
One of the key ways organizations can help employees manage stress is to help them to be physically active in and around the workplace.
As well as stress at work, there is hypertension, chronic low back pain and obesity. All of these are from lack of movement all day.
By merely standing on a VataVibe platform, staff can enhance muscle strength, improve balance and flexibility, reduces pain, and increase blood circulation. Employees can use it any time as it does not require rigorous physical activity and takes only 10 minutes per session. Use it at lunch or anytime when feeling sluggish. VataVibe increases key hormones like serotonin that counter mental lethargy and illicit true enhancement in overall mood as well as sharpen an individual’s ability to focus and concentrate.
With a small footprint , limitless applications and little investment, a VataVibe platform is the perfect equipment for any corporate fitness center environment.
