Stretch & Flex — Injury Prevention MSK Prevention · Back & Shoulder · 7–10 Min Sessions · Any Device · 300+ Languages · OSHA VPP Compatible
Your Stock Associate’s Back Strain Was Preventable. So Was the $28,000 Lost-Time Claim That Followed It.
64% of manufacturing, retail, and logistics workers’ comp claims are musculoskeletal injuries — back strains, shoulder tears, knee injuries, and repetitive motion disorders that develop over weeks of accumulated microtrauma from cold-start lifting, poor body mechanics, and sustained awkward posture.
7–10 min sessions — pre-shift, on any break room device
Role-specific routines for 30+ industrial job types
–38% MSK injury frequency in year one (benchmark average)
On-demand + coaching-led formats — any workforce size
Participation dashboard for Safety, HR, and Operations
OSHA VPP compatible — participation tracked & exportable
–38%
Average MSK injury frequency reduction in year one across HealthcareLive Stretch & Flex employers
7–10
Minutes per session — fits inside any pre-shift briefing window without disrupting production or store opening
300+
Languages available — for the diverse manufacturing, retail, logistics, and healthcare workforces where S&F has the highest impact
$28K
Average cost of one prevented MSK lost-time claim — the ROI of every $400 Stretch & Flex worker-year investment
Trusted by manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and healthcare systems in all 50 states
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Retail Chain
Distribution Group
Food & Bev Co.
Construction Firm
Healthcare System
The MSK Workers' Comp Problem
64% of Your Workers' Comp Claims Have the Same Root Cause — and It's Not Accidents. It's Accumulated Microtrauma from Cold-Start Work.
Every experienced EHS manager knows the pattern: an employee reports a back strain “out of nowhere” — lifting a box they’ve lifted a thousand times before. A cashier files a wrist injury from scanning. An assembly line worker can’t lift their arm above shoulder height. These injuries don’t happen suddenly. They develop over weeks and months of repetitive motion, cold-start loading, and posture patterns that the body accumulates until it can’t compensate anymore.
The intervention that prevents these injuries is the one that happens before the shift starts. Not after the injury. Not in the urgent care clinic. Not in the workers’ comp case management file. Before the first cold-start deadlift of the morning when the low-back muscles haven’t activated, the rotator cuff hasn’t warmed through, and the hip flexors are locked from a 45-minute commute.
The Loaded MSK Injury Cost — Per Incident
WC lost-time claim — back or shoulder
Average soft-tissue MSK workers’ comp claim, indemnity + medical
$18–28K
OSHA recordable EMR impact
3-year workers’ comp premium mod, compounded per renewal
$10K+
Skilled worker replacement
Recruiting, training, and productivity ramp for backfill
$5–15K
Stretch & Flex — annual cost per worker
Full program access, dashboard, 300+ languages
~$400
One prevented MSK lost-time claim pays for 60–70 worker-years of Stretch & Flex. For a 200-person manufacturing or distribution operation with 6–8 MSK claims per year, the conservative year-one ROI is 8–12x. The EMR improvement compounds for three years after that.
Where Your MSK Claims Are Coming From
Low Back Strain & Disc Injury
34%
The single largest category of industrial workers’ comp claims. Driven by cold-start lifting, repeated trunk flexion, and prolonged awkward posture. The most preventable injury type in manufacturing, logistics, and retail stocking with a consistent pre-shift lumbar conditioning program.
Shoulder & Rotator Cuff
22%
Overhead reach in assembly, high-shelf stocking, and repeated loading injuries. Rotator cuff tears that enter the WC surgical pathway cost $85,000+. Shoulder conditioning and warm-up reduces impingement-related injury development by 40–55%.
Knee & Hip Injury
18%
Sustained squatting, kneeling on hard floors, and the degenerative effects of step-intensive retail and logistics roles. Hip mobility and quad/hamstring activation reduces knee injury frequency significantly in high-step-count roles.
Wrist, Hand & Repetitive Strain
14%
Assembly line finger and wrist injuries, cashier scanning RSI, and carpal tunnel progression. Forearm and wrist mobility conditioning is the most underutilized injury prevention intervention for production line and retail roles.
How It Works
From Zero to a Running Program in 48 Hours — With No Equipment, No Trainer, and No Scheduling Disruption.
Stretch & Flex is delivered digitally — on any break room device, tablet, or workstation screen. No gym equipment. No dedicated space. No outside instructor to schedule. Sessions are 7–10 minutes and designed to run during the pre-shift briefing window before work begins.
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We Map Your Roles & Injury Profile
Your HealthcareLive implementation team maps every job role to the right conditioning protocol — assembly line, stock associate, warehouse picker, cashier, CDL driver, construction laborer, and more — using your actual OSHA 300 log and job task analysis to build a program around your specific injury drivers.
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Sessions Deploy on Any Device — Day One
Your supervisors access role-specific sessions through the HealthcareLive app or browser on any shared tablet, break room monitor, or personal device. Sessions load in the worker’s language. No login required for workers. Supervisors cue the session; workers follow the certified instructor on screen.
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Participation Is Tracked Automatically
Every completed session logs to your employer dashboard — by location, shift, role, and date. Supervisors record headcount at session start; HCL tracks completion, duration, and participation rate. All data is OSHA VPP-compatible and available for export with every OSHA log pull.
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Injury Trends Report at 60 & 90 Days
At 60 and 90 days post-launch, your HealthcareLive account team delivers a before/after MSK injury frequency report — comparing your OSHA recordable rate, lost workday case rate, and workers’ comp frequency to baseline. The data shows exactly which roles and locations are responding and where to deepen the program.
Role-Specific Session Library
One Program Doesn't Fit All. Your Cashier's Injury Risk Is Nothing Like Your Stock Associate's. We Built Sessions for Both.
Every Stretch & Flex session is designed for a specific job task profile — the physical demands, posture patterns, and injury vectors of that role. A generic “stretch video” doesn’t prevent the rotator cuff injury that happens on an overhead conveyor assembly. These do.
Manufacturing · Assembly Line
Upper Body Assembly — Shoulder, Rotator Cuff & Neck Activation
Designed for overhead assembly, press operation, and repetitive arm-cycle work. Activates the rotator cuff musculature, mobilizes the thoracic spine, and reduces cervical tension before sustained forward-lean work postures begin.
9 min Exercises included
- Shoulder External Rotation Activation (band or resistance optional)
- Thoracic Extension Mobilization — standing or seated
- Cervical Lateral Flexion & Rotation
- Wrist & Forearm Flexor Warm-up
- Scapular Retraction & Depression Holds
Manufacturing · Press, Stamping & Heavy Assembly
Lower Back & Hip Complex — Lumbar Activation & Hip Mobility
The single most injury-preventive session in manufacturing environments. Activates the posterior chain, mobilizes the hip flexors locked from morning commuting, and prepares the lumbar stabilizers before any lifting or trunk loading begins. Prevents the “routine lift gone wrong” scenario.
10 min Exercises included
- Hip Flexor Release — standing lunge hold (30 sec bilateral)
- Glute Bridge Activation — bodyweight, 3 × 10
- Cat-Cow Lumbar Mobilization (standing variation for industrial floors)
- Lateral Hip & IT Band Stretch — wall-supported
- Posterior Chain Activation — Romanian deadlift pattern, bodyweight
Retail · Cashier, Floor & Stock Associate
Standing Endurance & Scanning RSI — Foot, Knee & Wrist Protocol
Built for the retail worker who stands 6–8 hours on hard floors and scans thousands of items per shift. Targets the plantar fasciitis, knee pain, and wrist RSI that accumulate silently until they become workers’ comp claims — or the reason an experienced associate resigns.
7 min Exercises included
- Plantar Fascia Rolling & Heel Raise Activation
- Ankle Circumduction & Dorsiflexion Mobilization
- Wrist Flexor/Extensor Stretch — bilateral, 45 sec each
- Standing Quad & Hamstring — wall-supported balance stretch
- Calf Raise with Eccentric Loading — injury-preventive standing protocol
See It In Action
What an 8-Minute Stretch & Flex Session Actually Looks Like — And Why Workers Show Up for It Every Day.
Most corporate stretch programs fail because they’re generic, embarrassing, or led by someone reading off a laminated card. HealthcareLive S&F sessions are taught by certified coaches on screen — specific to the worker’s role, delivered in their language, with clear cues for each movement and modifications for workers with existing restrictions.
The result is a program workers choose to participate in — because it feels relevant to their actual body and job demands, not like a corporate wellness compliance exercise. That’s how you get to 90%+ participation in week eight instead of 40% in week two.
Certified Occupational Health Coaches
Every session is taught by a certified professional — occupational health coach, physical therapist, or certified strength and conditioning specialist — with industrial workplace training.
Role-Specific Cueing — Not Generic Wellness
The coach tells the assembly line worker why they're doing the shoulder external rotation — "before you lift that conveyor part for the 200th time today." Workers understand the connection between the session and their injury risk.
Modification Tracks for Injured or Restricted Workers
Workers on modified duty or with existing restrictions have their own modified session track — supervised by the same physician managing their injury. S&F becomes part of the recovery pathway, not something that excludes them.
No Equipment. No Space. No Instructor On-Site.
The session plays on a break room TV, tablet, or monitor. Requires no mats, no gym equipment, no dedicated room. A 30-person assembly line crew can run it in the space where they already gather for the pre-shift briefing.
Platform & Delivery
Everything a Safety Manager Needs to Run a Scalable Pre-Shift Program Across One Location or 200.
Stretch & Flex is designed to be operationally invisible — it runs before the shift, on devices you already have, without disrupting production, scheduling, or the morning briefing flow.
Any Device — Zero Setup Friction
Sessions run on any browser — shared break room tablet, mounted TV, workstation monitor, or personal phone. No app install required for workers. Supervisors access through the HealthcareLive employer portal and queue the session for their crew.
- Works on iOS, Android, Chrome, Safari, Edge
- Full-screen mode for TV or monitor display
- No individual worker accounts required
- Offline-capable cached sessions for poor connectivity sites
300+ Languages — Real Workforce Inclusion
Every session is available in 300+ languages — audio instruction, on-screen text, and visual cues. Supervisor sets the default language for each crew; individual workers can select their own. Designed for the multilingual manufacturing, food & beverage, and retail workforces where S&F has the highest injury-prevention impact.
- Audio coaching in Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Somali, and 295+ more
- On-screen text follows language setting
- Single session queue — each worker sees their language
Participation Tracking & OSHA VPP Dashboard
Every session completion logs automatically — by location, shift, supervisor, and role. Supervisors enter headcount at session start; the platform calculates participation rate, tracks trends, and flags locations or shifts with declining engagement before the injury data catches up.
- Real-time participation dashboard — location, shift, role, date
- OSHA VPP-compatible export — one click, audit-ready
- Trend alerts when participation drops below threshold
- Before/after injury frequency comparison built-in at 60/90 days
Integrated with the Full HCL Platform
Stretch & Flex is the prevention layer of HealthcareLive’s full occupational health platform — connected to Remote Injury Care, Virtual MSK, and Occupational Health. When a worker gets injured despite the program, the same ecosystem that prevented it manages their recovery. The transition from prevention to care is seamless.
- S&F participation data shared with occ-med triage team
- Workers on modified duty get a modified S&F session track
- Injury prevention data in the same dashboard as injury triage data
- One platform — from before the injury to return-to-full-duty
The Safety Manager’s Control Panel
See Every Location, Every Shift, Every Participation Rate — and Get Alerted When Something Drops Before an Injury Does.
The Stretch & Flex dashboard is built for the EHS Manager who oversees multiple locations — giving them visibility into participation trends, shift-level data, and early warning alerts when a location starts slipping before the injury data catches up.
The data shows what every experienced Safety Manager already knows: the shift that stops doing the program is the shift that has the next MSK injury. The dashboard closes that loop before the claim opens.
Participation Drop Alerts
Automated alerts when any location or shift drops below your participation threshold — sent to EHS Director, HR, and the location supervisor simultaneously.
OSHA VPP Export — One Click
Participation data exports in OSHA VPP format with all required fields — session date, duration, location, participant count, supervisor name, and role. Ready for your next VPP application or annual renewal.
OSHA VPP Export — One Click
Participation data exports in OSHA VPP format with all required fields — session date, duration, location, participant count, supervisor name, and role. Ready for your next VPP application or annual renewal.
Documented Outcomes
The MSK Injury Frequency Numbers from HealthcareLive Stretch & Flex Employers — After Year One.
Averaged across manufacturing, logistics, retail, and construction employers who deployed Stretch & Flex as part of the HealthcareLive platform with 85%+ participation rates sustained through month 6.
–38%
MSK recordable injury frequency
Year-one reduction in OSHA-recordable MSK injuries — back strains, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, and repetitive motion disorders — among employers sustaining 85%+ participation through month 6.
–44%
MSK workers’ comp claim frequency
Reduction in workers’ comp claims specifically attributable to back, shoulder, and musculoskeletal injury types — the highest-cost claims in manufacturing, logistics, and retail.
91%
Average participation rate month 6
S&F programs that reach month 6 with proper supervisor engagement average 91% participation — well above the industry benchmark for wellness programs, which typically fall below 30% at 6 months.
94%
Worker recommendation rate
94% of workers who participate in Stretch & Flex for 4+ weeks say they would recommend it to a coworker — making it one of the highest-retention wellness programs in the HCL platform portfolio.
Based on aggregate outcomes data across HealthcareLive employer clients in manufacturing, logistics, retail, and construction with sustained S&F deployment (2022–2025). Sources: HealthcareLive internal data; BLS; OSHA; NIOSH; National Safety Council; Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.
Tier 1 Automotive Stamping — 1,400 Workers · 3 Shifts
High-volume press & stamping · 24-hour operation · Multi-location · High MSK injury frequency pre-program
“We’d had the same pattern for eight years — 18 to 22 MSK recordables per year, mostly back and shoulder injuries from the press line. We’d tried general wellness programs, brought in a physical therapist once a quarter, put posters up. Nothing moved the number. In 14 months of HealthcareLive S&F, we had 9. Our EMR dropped for the first time in five years. The workers actually do it — I walk the floor at 5:45 in the morning and they’re on it.”
–44%
MSK recordable injuries — 14 months post-launch
–38%
Back & shoulder WC claim frequency — year 1
94%
Avg participation — sustained through month 14
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Director of EHS & Safety
Tier 1 Automotive Stamping · 1,400 workers · 3 locations
★★★★★
“My lower back used to hurt by 9am every single morning. I thought it was just part of working here. After two months of doing the morning routine before my shift, I actually feel better at the end of the day than I used to feel at lunch. I’ve been here 11 years — this is the first thing they’ve done that actually helped my body.”
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Darnell T.
Assembly Line Operator · 11 years · Tier 1 Automotive
★★★★★
“The first week, half my crew looked at me like I was crazy. By week three they were asking me if we were doing it that day. I haven’t had a back strain on my shift in six months. Before this program, I had at least one a month. That’s real — I’m the one who files the paperwork.”
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Rosa K.
Shift Supervisor · Distribution Center · 6 years
★★★★★
“We saw it in the exit interview data first — workers who stayed were far more likely to mention the morning program as something that made them feel the company cared about them. Now we talk about it in recruiting. ‘We start every shift taking care of your body before we ask you to do anything.’ That changes what kind of place we are.”
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Angela P.
Director of HR · Manufacturing · 900 employees
OSHA Compliance & VPP Integration
Stretch & Flex Is Designed to Support Your OSHA VPP Application, Your EMR Case, and Your Annual 300 Log Review — Not Just Your Workers' Bodies.
Every element of the Stretch & Flex program is documented, tracked, and exportable in formats that support OSHA VPP certification, workers’ comp premium negotiations, and the annual 300 log review that determines your EMR for the next three years.
OSHA VPP — Voluntary Protection Programs
S&F participation data exports in OSHA VPP format — audit-ready for your next application or annual renewal
OSHA’s VPP Star program requires documented evidence of active injury prevention programs, including pre-shift conditioning with attendance tracking. HealthcareLive’s S&F dashboard generates VPP-compatible participation reports with all required fields — session date, duration, location, headcount, supervisor, and role designation — in one click. For employers currently pursuing VPP Star, S&F is a documented prevention program that satisfies the active health and safety management system requirement.
EMR Reduction Strategy — Workers’ Comp Premiums
MSK injury frequency reduction from S&F directly improves your Experience Modification Rate over the 3-year EMR window
Your workers’ comp EMR is calculated on a 3-year rolling average of recordable injury frequency and severity. Every MSK recordable you prevent with Stretch & Flex reduces your EMR — compounding across the next three renewals. HealthcareLive’s 60/90-day injury frequency reports give you the documented prevention evidence your WC broker needs to negotiate a better rate.
OSHA General Duty Clause — Active Prevention Documentation
Documented pre-shift conditioning is evidence of active hazard management that strengthens your OSHA General Duty defense
OSHA’s General Duty Clause requires employers to protect workers from recognized serious hazards — including ergonomic and MSK hazards in repetitive-motion roles. A documented, systematically-delivered pre-shift conditioning program with participation records is among the strongest evidence of active MSK hazard management an employer can present during an OSHA inspection.
OSHA Ergonomics — Voluntary Compliance
Stretch & Flex supports voluntary ergonomics compliance for industries with high MSD (musculoskeletal disorder) exposure
While OSHA’s comprehensive ergonomics standard was withdrawn in 2001, OSHA continues to issue ergonomics-related citations under the General Duty Clause — particularly in manufacturing, meat processing, healthcare, and retail. A documented S&F program demonstrates active engagement with ergonomic hazard management and strengthens your position in any ergonomics-related enforcement action.
Stretch & Flex Compliance Coverage
- OSHA VPP — Active Prevention Program Documentation
- EMR Reduction Evidence for WC Premium Negotiations
- General Duty Clause — MSK Hazard Abatement Documentation
- OSHA Voluntary Ergonomics — Active Compliance Support
- Participation Logs Audit-Ready — 300+ Languages Covered
- Modified Duty Integration — injured workers on restricted S&F track
Common Objections — Answered
What EHS Managers, Plant Managers, and CFOs Say Before They See Stretch & Flex in Action — and Why Every Concern Is Already Solved.
"We tried a stretch program before. Nobody did it after the first two weeks."
Generic stretch programs fail because they’re generic — a laminated poster in the break room, a YouTube video the supervisor doesn’t know how to queue, a once-a-month safety meeting activity. They don’t connect to the worker’s actual body and job demands. HealthcareLive S&F is role-specific, delivered by a certified coach on-screen in the worker’s language, and takes 7–10 minutes during a window they’re already standing around for. The participation data tells the story: employers who implement with proper supervisor engagement average 91% participation at month 6. Most wellness programs are below 25% by then.
91% average participation at month 6. Workers rate S&F 94% recommendation. “I actually feel better at the end of the day.” — Assembly line worker, 11 years.
"Adding 10 minutes to the pre-shift would cost us production time we can't afford."
Most industrial pre-shift windows already include 5–15 minutes of safety briefing, equipment check, or crew assembly time. Stretch & Flex sessions are specifically designed to fit inside that existing window — not add to it. The question isn’t whether you can afford 8 minutes of S&F. It’s whether you can afford the three days of lost production when your press operator goes out with a back strain, the $28,000 WC claim that follows, and the EMR impact on your next insurance renewal. Every S&F employer who ran the math chose 8 minutes.
Zero additional scheduling time for 87% of HCL S&F employers — sessions run during existing pre-shift briefing window.
"Our workers are too embarrassed or resistant to do stretching in front of each other."
This is the most common initial objection — and the most reliably disproven by week three. Resistance comes from the format, not the activity. When the coach on screen is teaching a routine designed specifically for assembly line work, using language the worker recognizes from their actual job description, the reaction shifts from self-consciousness to recognition. “That’s the move that always hurts my back when I do it wrong” is the moment the program stops feeling like corporate wellness theater and starts feeling useful. Our supervisor onboarding is designed to bridge this gap.
94% of workers who participate for 4+ weeks would recommend S&F to a coworker. “By week three they were asking me if we were doing it that day.” — Shift Supervisor, Distribution Center.
"We already have a safety program. We don't need another vendor."
Stretch & Flex is not a standalone safety vendor — it’s a module within the HealthcareLive platform. If you’re already using HCL for Remote Injury Care or Occupational Health, S&F adds the prevention layer to the same dashboard you already manage. If you’re evaluating HCL for the first time, S&F is frequently the entry point — the fastest ROI demonstration that builds the case for the full platform. Either way, it integrates with your existing HRIS, OSHA documentation, and WC carrier workflows without adding a new login, new vendor relationship, or new data silo.
S&F is a module in the HCL platform — same dashboard as Remote Injury Care, Occ Health, and MSK. No new vendor. No new login.
"Our workforce is too large and spread across locations to run this consistently."
Stretch & Flex is designed for multi-location, multi-shift operations — the participation dashboard gives EHS leadership visibility across every location, and the supervisor-led delivery model means the program runs without central coordination. A supervisor at a remote distribution center in Tulsa runs the same session the supervisor at your flagship plant runs in Detroit — on the same device type, with the same quality, tracked in the same dashboard. The largest HCL S&F deployments cover 50+ locations and 2,000+ workers without a dedicated wellness coordinator.
Multi-location deployments up to 50+ sites. Participation alerts when any location or shift drops below threshold. No wellness coordinator required.
"I need to show ROI data to my CFO before I can get budget approval."
We built the ROI case for you. Your HealthcareLive pre-implementation review delivers a custom MSK injury cost model — based on your OSHA 300 log, workforce size, injury frequency, and average WC claim cost — showing the before/after savings projection at 6, 12, and 24 months. Most employers find the cost of 12 months of S&F is less than the cost of 1.5 prevented MSK lost-time claims. The analysis takes 15 minutes to build and is the standard first deliverable before any demo call.
Free MSK injury cost model built from your actual OSHA 300 data before the demo call. Most employers: 12 months of S&F = <2 prevented WC claims.
The Full HealthcareLive Platform
Stretch & Flex Prevents the Injury. These Products Manage It When Prevention Isn't Enough.
S&F is the prevention layer of a complete occupational health platform. When an injury happens despite the program, the same ecosystem manages triage, recovery, and return to full duty — seamlessly, in the same dashboard.
Remote Injury Care & Virtual Triage
Board-certified occ-med in <10 min. When a back strain happens despite the program — triage, first-aid determination, and modified duty before the shift ends.
Virtual MSK Care & Physical Therapy
When a strain needs PT — virtual physical therapy with 40% faster return-to-full-duty. Connected to the same injury record created at triage, no referral gap.
Occupational Health & OSHA Management
Complete occ-med — OSHA 300/300A/301, work-relatedness determinations, EMR protection, and return-to-duty documentation. Same platform as S&F.
Behavioral Health & EAP
Mental health, stress, and substance abuse support for the industrial workforce — the health challenges that affect injury risk, performance, and retention alongside MSK.
Get Started
See a Sample Session, Get Your MSK Injury Cost Model, and Talk to a Stretch & Flex Specialist — All Before Any Commitment.
We’ll build a custom MSK injury cost model from your OSHA 300 data and workforce profile before the demo call — showing your year-one savings projection at current injury frequency vs. what it looks like with Stretch & Flex deployed. The analysis takes 15 minutes to build and costs you nothing.
Live Session Demo — See Your Role Type
We’ll show you the specific session designed for your primary injury risk — assembly line shoulder conditioning, warehouse lumbar activation, retail standing endurance, or the role type driving your current claim frequency.
Custom MSK Injury Cost Model
Your loaded MSK incident cost — WC claim + OSHA recordable EMR impact + worker replacement — calculated at your current injury frequency. Year-one savings projection with S&F deployed at 85%+ participation.
60/90-Day Injury Frequency Benchmark
We’ll pull industry MSK injury frequency benchmarks for your specific role mix and compare to your current OSHA 300 data — giving you the before/after context before you launch, not after.
Get Your Free S&F Demo + MSK Cost Model
Tell us about your operation. We’ll build your custom MSK injury cost analysis before we talk — no pitch deck, just the numbers.
HIPAA BAA provided as standard. SOC 2 Type II certified. We’ll build your MSK injury cost model and session demo before the call — no commitment, no pitch deck.
Get Started
Eight Minutes Before the Shift. One Prevented Back Strain. Sixty-Plus Worker-Years of Program Cost Paid for by a Single Claim That Never Filed.
HealthcareLive Stretch & Flex is the clinical pre-shift conditioning program built specifically for the industrial, retail, and logistics workers whose bodies are their primary work tool — and whose employers currently spend more on workers’ comp for preventable MSK injuries than they spend on the prevention that would eliminate them. The cost model is ready before the first call.
