Stretch breaks for employees have big benefits. You lose a little production time, but make bigger gains in productivity. Workers doing the same task all day need to occasionally loosen up to prevent stiffness and workplace injuries.

Company scheduled stretch breaks are an excellent way to encourage employee participation. OSHA says workers should do stretching when they can, if their company doesn?t provide the time.

In this podcast, Dan mentions many computer and mobile apps to schedule and time a stretch break. Links are listed in the transcript below. Also visit YouTube to watch a video of Arthur Boorman who could barely walk, then found a great stretching program from pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page!