A movement health + injury prevention program that addresses work-related musculoskeletal complaints and injuries.
Develop farm-level or service provider injury prevention strategies to help protect a vital part of every farm: the farm's crew.
Labor-Movement's team combines decades of experience in athletic performance, functional movement, psychology, and agriculture sustainability to work with farmers, service providers and healthcare professionals to develop resources and systems to promote movement health and injury prevention, including injury assessment tools.
WHAT >>
*FMA I: One day, via Zoom (6 hrs)
*FMA II: One day, in-person (8 hrs)
FMA II cohort (Jan-Oct, 2027):
--> FMA I & II plus five Zoom sessions (90 min) - guest speakers & cohort discussion --> Check-ins through season to assist in program development & implementation, as needed
*Labor-Movement certification optional.
Farm Movement Advocate goals:
Promote movement health + injury prevention
Recognize + identify injury risk
Extend longevity of individuals and farms
Increase numbers of service providers with awareness of injury prevention in various farm labor systems
Anyone working with farmers or other labor-intensive occupations
No prerequisites to participating.
WHY >>
A farm's reliance on physical labor can jeopardize production when injuries require work modification or time away. Injuries affect the crew member, as well as the farm's business and work environment.
A farm-level movement health + injury prevention program will allow farms to increase their resilience over time.
Ag service providers can become a much needed movement health and injury risk management resource to local farm businesses and crews.
DATES >>
Saturday, January 23, 2027
Online Zoom session --> 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern
