Vol. 21 No. 11 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102
August 2015
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Back to shopping Tax holiday boosts back to school sales/page 10 INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE Call center plans opening PAGE 5
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ON THE COVER Employee Katelyn Stilwell of Moville, Iowa, carries an armful of shirts to sales racks at Bomgaars’ Gordon Drive location in Sioux City, Iowa. Iowa’s upcoming sales tax holiday will exempt sales tax on certain clothing and footwear items.
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SIOUX CITY | Yankee Candle will open a store at Southern Hills Mall, while Scheels All Sports is preparing to remodel and expand its store at the Sioux City shopping center. Mall officials announced the changes in July. A fall opening is planned for the Yankee Candle store, which will be located between Foot Locker and The Children’s Place. For more than 45 years, the national retail chain has offered shoppers an array of scented candles of different sizes, candle accessories, reed diffusers, scented wall plug-ins, car scents and room sprays. Scheels, an outdoor lifestyle and sporting goods store, will add 10,000 square feet of retail sales
space, raising its total space to more than 80,000 square feet. The retailer also will update its store-front window display. The store will remain open during the renovation with minimal interference for shoppers. Construction is scheduled to be completed by September. The changes are the latest to the mall. Next Dimension, which offers virtual reality entertainment, recently opened in the JC Penney wing. Equipped with 5-D, 7-D and 12-D technology, the high-definition, interactive simulation rides feature special visual and physical effects that occur in synchronization with the events on-screen, including wind, rain and vibrations. The Next Dimension is located next to Combat Live Laser Tag.
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Call center to open in North Sioux City, add up to 100 jobs DAVE DREESZEN
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NORTH SIOUX CITY | A Sioux Falls-based firm has announced plans to open a call center in North Sioux City, creating 50 to 100 new jobs initially. Lawrence & Schiller TeleServices will take over 4,000 square feet of space in one of the black-andwhite cow spotted buildings on the former Gateway campus in North Sioux City. The center, which will offer customer service and technical support
to unspecified clients, is scheduled to take its first calls on Aug. 3. The recruitment of prospective workers began July 28 with a job fair at the North Sioux City Community Center/Fire Hall. “We think North Sioux City is an excellent community for us to continue our growth,” Joel Sylvester, chief sales and marketing officer for L&S TeleServices, said. The company’s only other call center is in Sioux Falls, where L&S Teleservices has operated for 28 years and
employs about 200 people. Company officials considered seven different communities in South Dakota before selecting North Sioux City. Company officials cited the labor market in the metro Sioux City area and the opportunity for future expansion in the former Gateway space, known as the Pacific Building. The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Arlene Curry of Century 21 ProLink assisted in obtaining the space. L&S TeleServices said its
partners have seen rapid growth in the health care, manufacturing, retail and technical support industries over the past year. “We are always looking for ways to improve the customer experience,” chief operating officer Troy Holt said. “Adding an additional location in a new market gives us the opportunity to launch larger projects by tapping into the two different job markets.” The company’s first training classes in North Sioux City were set to begin July 27, with more classes
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Sioux Falls-based Lawrence & Schiller TeleServices plans to open a call center in one of the black-and-white cow spotted buildings that formerly housed Gateway’s campus in North Sioux City.
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Above: Officials with Siouxland Community Christian Schools formally break ground on July 8 at the site of the school’s future home. The school will be built at the former Cornerstone APi Distribution officials cut the ribbon to celebrate the World Outreach facility at opening of their North Sioux City location. Pictured are 6000 Gordon Drive. Shane Shipman, Larry Abrams, Jeff Klingensmith and Tony Lucia. The company offers insulation and specialty building materials in their Siouxland territory.
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Officials with the Sioux City Howard Johnson cut the ribbon for the downtown hotel, which celebrated its grand opening on July 7. The new owners recently completed major renovations to the 12-story hotel, formerly known as the Sioux City Hotel.
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Officials with Volkswagen of Sioux City cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the dealership’s new showroom at 3901 Stadium Drive. Bob Jensen is the owner of the local VW franchise.
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BusinessPeople Wellmark honors Sioux City consultant
during the prior year, as well as their dedication to serving the needs of Wellmark SIOUX CITY | Seth Ma- members. jor, a Sioux City-based Major, who has been consultant for the employ- with Gallagher since 2010, ee benefits specializes in advising emconsultant ployer groups on building and brokercomprehensive employee age operabenefit programs in the tion of Arareas of medical, disability thur J. Galand life insurance. lagher & Co., Wellmark is the largest was recently health insurer in both Iowa and South Dakota. recognized Major as one of the “Top 23 Agents” for 2014 Recruiter named by Wellmark BlueCross/ certified search Blue Shield as part of the company’s Promise Awards consultant program. The annual awards recogSIOUX CITY | Tyler nize Wellmark agents and Hawkins, nationwide reagencies for their success cruiter at IMKO Workforce
Solutions in Sioux City, recently received the Certified Search Consultant designation from the American Staffing Association. The CSC program promotes industry-wide competency standards through a uniform national program. Credential individuals must successfully complete an exam on federal employment laws specific to recruiters and state licensing and registration laws applicable to the direct hire firms.
Dental group honors Sioux City native DES MOINES | Dr. Robert Margeas was recently presented with the Iowa Dental Association’s President’s Award for his service to the association and the profession of dentistry.
Margeas, a Sioux City native, maintains a full-time private practice focusing on compre- Margeas hensive, restorative and implant dentistry in Des Moines. The Iowa Dental Association award was presented in a special ceremony during the association’s annual session in Des Moines. Margeas graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1986 and completed his AEGD residency the following year. He is currently an adjunct professor in the department of Operative Dentistry at the University of Iowa. He has written numerous articles on esthetic and implant dentistry and lectures
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State preservation group honors Jung SIOUX CITY | Jim Jung of Sioux City has been named “Preservationist of the Year” by Preservation Iowa. Jung is the longtime chair of the Sioux City Historic Jung Preservation Commission. The award was presented at the statewide
organization’s summit held recently in Winterset, Iowa. Each year, Preservation Iowa seeks to honor individuals, organizations, projects, and programs whose work demonstrates a commitment to excellence in historic preservation. Jung was born and raised in Sioux City. After 23 years in the U.S. Navy, where he worked at Naval hospitals, Jung retired and moved back to Sioux City, where he purchased a historic Victorian home on Jackson Street. He restored the home, furnishing it with period antiques. A community volunteer, he has served on boards for many non-profit organizations, including SiouxLandmark. He has been a member of the Historic Preservation Commission since 2003 and the chair since 2006.
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TAX FREE APPAREL Retailers prepare for sales blitz, just in time for Back to School DAVE DREESZEN
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Tax-free shopping for WHAT: Iowa’s annual sales apparel returns to Iowa on tax holiday Aug. 7-8. WHEN: Friday, Aug. 7 and Each year, during the Saturday, Aug. 8 first Friday and Saturday in WHERE: All Iowa retailers August, state law exempt open those days purchases of most clothing ON THE WEB: tax.iowa.gov and footwear priced $100 or below from sales tax. Here are nine key things buckles sold alone do not. to know about the annual A full-list of items is availsales-tax holiday. able at: www.tax.iowa.gov
LATE-NIGHT START AND END. The extravaganza kicks off at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 7, and runs through midnight, Aug. 8.
BRACE FOR BIG CROWDS Many retailers have reported increases of 20 to 30 percent during the holiday, compared to sales for a more typical August weekend. A LOCAL TAXES WAIVED TOO number of stores expand The exemption applies their hours and schedule both to the state sales tax additional part-time staff to of 5 percent, and local op- handle the increased traffic. tion sales tax. In Sioux City, for example, there are sep- SCHOOL SUPPLIES ALSO SELL arate 1 percent sales tax for WELL the city and school district. Even though the exempDuring the sales tax holi- tion is limited to designated day, shoppers save a total clothing and footwear, state of 7 percent, or $7, on a item lawmakers passed the holipriced at $100, for instance. day as a way to give families a break during backNOT ALL APPAREL QUALIFIES to-school shopping. It has Sixteen years after law- given many families an addmakers approved the holi- ed incentive to buy school day, confusion remains over clothes, pencils, crayons, whether an article of apparel notebooks and school supis exempt or not. That’s be- plies all at the same time. cause the 1999 law put 110 items into one category or CHECK ADS FOR EVEN SAVINGS the other. Work boots, for A number of retailers time example, are eligible, but special sales and discounts not if they have steel toes. around the sales tax holiAthletic supporters are ex- day. Bomgaars, for example, empt while athletic uni- will offer 18 percent off all forms are not. Belts qualify clothing and footwear durfor the exemption, but belt ing the two-day period, said
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Employees Danielle Folsom, left, and Katelyn Stilwell fold clothing at Bomgaars’ Gordon Drive location.
‘TWO-FOR-ONE’ MAY NOT APPLY Eligible items advertised as ‘buy one, get one free’ or ‘buy one, get one for a reduced price’ cannot be averaged in order for both items to qualify. For example, if a pair of pants cost $110, but the second pair is free, the normal sales tax will still be due. Coupons also can’t lower a price below the $100 threshold. For example, an item costing more than $110 will still be taxable, even if you have a $15 coupon that reduces the amount due to $95.
Employee Sanielle Folsom puts shirts on a sales rack.
Torrey Wingert, vice president and chief financial officer for the Sioux Citybased chain. Added to the 7 percent sale tax exemption at the retailer’s Iowa stores, that brings the total savings
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CHECK RECEIPTS CAREFULLY Businesses that are open on the two days of the holiday are required by law to participate. If you are
charged sales tax on an eligible item, report the instance to the store’s customer service department, or, if necessary, the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.
DON’T WAIT LONG FOR RAINCHECKS Eligible items sold and delivered during the two-day holiday with a rain check qualify for the tax exemption, regardless of when the rain check was issued. However, the exemption will not apply to items sold and delivered after the holiday, even if the rain check was issued during the holiday.
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Audiologist shows family former charter boat fishing haunts GREG FORBES
The Slonikers are shown in a Jon Boat in rural Woodbury County. Clockwise from top left are Mike and Barbara Sloniker and their children Maria, 19, Jason, 17. The family recently traveled to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, where Mike, a Sioux City audiologist, worked as a fishing guide in the late 1980s.
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Iowa’s annual sales tax holiday, Aug. 7-8, will exempt certain clothing and footwear items priced $100 or below from state and local sales tax.
SIOUX CITY | For two summers, Mike Sloniker lived a personal dream as a charter boat fishing guide in waters around the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. More than 25 years later, Sloniker, now a Sioux City audiologist, shared a bit of that dream with his wife, Barbara, and children, Maria and Jason. Barbara Sloniker is the executive vice president of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce. The Slonikers recently traveled to Homer, Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula, to revisit some of Mike’s favorite destinations, and, of course, fish for halibut as he did nearly every day for two summers. “They’ll get to experience a little what I did,” he said prior to departing on the trip. Mike Sloniker’s venture to Alaska began as a college student at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, where he managed seven university restaurants with a college friend. His friend’s family owned a charter boat business on Lake Michigan but eventually moved to Homer when the Great Lake became too crowded with competition. Sloniker was asked to come aboard. “I knew what I wanted to do the rest of my life – be an audiologist – but I could not pass up the opportunity to make money fishing in Alaska,” he said. There, Sloniker and a c re w l e d f i s h i n g trips, mainly for halibut, through Kachemak Bay into Cook Inlet and other waters south of
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Anchorage. Sometimes, they’d venture into coves for pink salmon. Sloniker said the experience was surreal. Despite working tiring 14- to 16-hour days, he knew his opportunity was rare and that what he saw every day for two summers was something very few people would have a chance to see. “I always remember, every day, leaving the harbor with the clients, telling myself, ‘I’m in Alaska,’” he said. “It never got old.” Sloniker said his family’s trip back to his old stomping grounds will be eventful, mirroring the activities he enjoyed in the ’80s. He said he’s planned hikes, fishing trips and a jaunt to a small fishing village that’s accessible only by boat or float plane. “At the time (1987 and 1988), there was one vehicle there, and that was
a taxi,” he said. The adventure also included a salmon fishing trip among bears. Sloniker’s 17-year-old son, Jason, describes himself as an avid fisherman. Being able to exercise a favorite hobby in a unique place close to his father’s past, to Jason, is once in a lifetime. Finally, Jason said, he’ll be able to put pictures to the stories he’s heard. “I think it’s a really cool opportunity to see what he used to do for a living,” he said prior to the trip. Mike Sloniker said being able to share the memories he made in Alaska with his family was a rare but exciting opportunity. “I think it’s a totally different vacation for them,” he said prior to the trip. “We’ve got a lot of fishing planned, a lot of hiking planned and we plan on just enjoying what God created.”
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Better sleep leads to less sick time from work We all know a good night’s sleep makes a big difference in how we feel and act, but did you know that sleeping seven to eight hours per night is associated with the lowest risk of absence from work due to sickness? The results underscore the importance of the “Sleep Well, Be Well” campaign of the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project, a collaboration among the CDC, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society and other partners. Results published in the journal Sleep show that the risk of an extended absence from work due to sickness rose sharply among those who reported sleeping fewer than six hours or more than nine hours per night. Further analysis found that the optimal sleep duration with the lowest risk of sickness absence from work was between seven and eight hours per night. Using sleeping pills were consistently associated with a significant increase in workdays lost due to sickness. According to Dr. David J. Earnest, professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, who studies circadian rhythms—the human body’s master clock, “We are starting to recognize that sleep deprivation and disorders are more prevalent than any other health disorder that affects Americans.” If you feel like there is a deeper cause to your sleep woes, you may be like one in 10 Americans who suffer from insomnia or other sleep disorders, including these: Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD)—a tendency to go to bed later (around 2 and 4 in the morning) and to sleep until the early afternoon. This kind of disorder can interfere with a normal work or school schedule. Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder (ASPD)— the tendency to go to bed earlier (6 or 8 in the evening) and to wake earlier than most people around (3 or 5 in the morning). While this kind of disorder doesn’t typically interfere with a normal work or school schedule, it can pose a challenge for social activities or events that occur late in the evening. Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome—a circadian rhythm that is 25 hours or longer, which leads to sleep and wake times becoming gradually later. Jet Lag—one of the most common and usually occasional sleep disorders that occurs when your internal clock is out of
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Sioux City Ford was the first place team at the Dakota Dunes Country Club during the Siouxland Chamber’s annual golf classic on June 22 From left are: Doug Engle, Jay Menke, Rob Brooks and Jim Caylor.
Siouxland Chamber holds annual golf classic Second Flight 1st Place, 64, Northwest Bank 2nd Place, 64, Cannon Moss Brygger Architects 3rd Place, 65, MidAmerican Energy
A total of 288 golfers took part in Siouxland Chamber Golf Classic on June 22, presented by Sam’s Club. The event sold out seven weeks before the tournament. The 23rd annual tournament was played at the Dakota Dunes Country Club and the Sioux City Country Club.
Third Flight 1st Place, 70, Interbake Foods 2nd Place, 71, Aventure Staffing 3rd Place, 72, F & M Bank
Here are the results from Dakota Dunes: Flag Prizes #1 - Long Drive Men Mark Rawlings #4 - Closest to the pin Kevin Schultz #9 - Long Putt - Brad Howard #13 - Long Drive Ladies Connie Schmidt Note: ties were broken using a scorecard playoff starting with the #1 handicap hole
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A golfer chips toward the green at the Siouxland Chamber Golf Classic on June 22.
First flight placings, with scores and company name. 1st place, 58 Sioux City Ford-Lincoln; 2nd place, 58, Pflanz Electronics; 3rd Place, 58, RockTenn
Here are the winners at the Sioux City Country Club: Flag Prizes #11 - Long Drive Men - Sean Manley #6 - Closest to the pin Matt Bubke #18 - Long Putt - Dave Bruggeman #8 - Long Drive Ladies Tina Stroud
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Center, main bank CSR’s, safe deposit vault, motor bank and Marketplace branch. Her bank security SIOUX CITY | Security National Bank has anduties include oversight of nounced the following ofall security training, safety ficer promotions and title and fraud issues, as well as Sievers Stachowitz changes. developing and administerMandi Sievers was ing security policies. named retail services and Sievers joined the bank bank security officer. Sievers manages the down- in April of 2012 as a retail In her new position, town Personal Banking service manager. She previously worked nine years with another financial institution. She graduated from HuExpanding your ron University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in busibusiness? ness management. Matthew Stachowitz, Starting a new Small the bank’s retail credit and business in Union Business compliance officer, was County? named Bank Secrecy Act Administration officer. In addition to his (SBA) Loans current duties, he will now Seasonal be responsible for staying Funding current with all compliance, regulatory trends, and Operating employee and Bbard trainLines of Credit ing on the topic of the Bank Equipment Secrecy Act, or BSA, which & requires all U.S. financial Real Estate institutions to assist U.S. Loans government agencies to detect and prevent money laundering and fraud. AddiGive us a tionally, banks are required call today at to report suspicious activity 605.232.9310 that might signify money laundering, tax evasion, or other criminal activities. Stachowitz joined Security National in May 2007 as a personal banker. In 2014 he was elected retail credit 331 Dakota Dunes Blvd., Dakota Dunes and compliance officer.
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He is a 2007 graduate of Morningside College, where he received his BS degree in business administration. Additionally, he has attended the Iowa Bankers Association’s (IBA) Compliance School in 2012 and the IBA’s Bank Secrecy Act Compliance School in 2013.
Jerome Pierson joins Mercy Cardiology SIOUX CITY | Longtime Siouxland physician Dr. Jerome Pierson has returned to the practice of interventional cardiology by joining Mercy Cardiology. Pierson h a s b e e n Pierson part of the Siouxland medical community since 1992. Since July 2012, Pierson has been part of the leadership team at Mercy Medical Center as vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer. Pierson is a native of Torrance, Calif., and did his undergraduate studies at Los Angeles Harbor Community College and California State University, Long Beach. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine and has done post-doctoral work at the University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics and Morningside official Wadsworth/UCLA Medical receives promotion Center in Los Angeles. Pierson began his new SIOUX CITY | Kari Winrole at Mercy Cardiology klepleck of Sioux City has on July 6. been named vice presiNylen Cancer Center dent for institutional announces two advancement at additions to staff Morningside SIOUX CITY | The June College. E. Nylen Cancer Center In her new Winklepleck announces the addition of p o s i t i o n , Judy MacWinklepleck ziewski as has overall responsibility a m e d i ca l for Morningside’s fundtechnician raising efforts and alumni and Naomi relations. Rodriguez Winklepleck earned a as an oncolbachelor’s degree in corpoogy nurse. rate communications from M a c - Macziewski Morningside in 2003 and ziewski will joined the college’s instibe working tutional advancement team in the oncolas a regional development ogy lab. She officer. attended In 2006, she became diSouth Dakorector of the annual fund and was named assistant ta State University. She vice president for institupreviously Rodriguez tional advancement-anworked at nual fund in 2007. Mercy Medical Center for She also has a master of 25 years, including the last arts degree in nonprofit fives years at the Dunes management and phiMedical Lab. lanthropy from Bay Path Rodriguez will be work- College in Long Meadow, ing as an oncology nurse. Mass. She graduated from WestAhmad Boura, Mornern Iowa Tech Community ingside’s previous vice College as an RN in 2012 president for institutional and previously worked as advancement, accepted a a nurse at Mercy Medical position with California Center. State University at Chico.
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OnTheMove Lunchtime Solutions promotes Chris Goeb NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. | Chris Goeb has been named executive vice president of Lunchtime Solutions, Inc. Goeb has been with the company for 10 years, beginning in May 2005 as director of operations re s o u rc e s. Goeb He added responsibilities for business development in 2006, and was named director of sales and marketing in 2007. He was advanced to
vice president and member of the board of directors in 2010. Goeb has a BBA from Iowa State University and has spent his entire career in the food industry, holding sales and marketing positions with Hormel Foods Corp., The Foreign Candy Co., Harker’s Distribution and Curly’s Foods. He has also consulted with food service market research data for Schwan’s, Rich Products, Land O Lakes, and Foster Farms, among others. Lunchtime Solutions, based in North Sioux City, manages food service operations in more than 45 school districts in South
Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. Goeb and his family reside in Sheldon, Iowa.
Poss joins Care Initiatives Hospice SIOUX CITY | Deborah Poss has joined Care Initiatives Hospice – Sioux City as the volunteer coordinator. In this position, she will oversee several vol- Poss unteers providing services for patients at the end of life from Lyon to Harrison counties.
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As an eye surgeon, my patients place their complete trust and confidence in me to help them see things clearly. While my clients depend on me, I have learned to depend on the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce for business and networking guidance so that I can focus more time and attention on my medical practice. I’m Dr. Beth Bruening and if you want the clarity and commitment my business enjoys, you should contact the Siouxland Chamber.
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Switch to ‘staggered stance’ for lower back, shoulder health How many of you have children and love to pick them up after a hard day’s work to give them a hug? Have you ever noticed how this can melt away stress and improve your attitude? Personally, this has worked well for me as I am greeted at home by my daughters Abbigail, 9, and Maelynne, 6, my sons Hunter, 2.5, and Brady, 9 months, and wife, Jenilyn. Has the wonderful habit of picking up your children or grandchildren ever been impacted by a lower back or shoulder injury? These injuries affect the way you are able to perform your daily lifestyle tasks at work, home and play. Your sleep may be affected as well as your performance at work and home. I often see women especially in the awkward posture of placing both feet directly across from each other with their feet narrower than shoulder width apart. When we use this awkward posture habit to lift, push or pull or reach away from our body, all of the forces of lifting are
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isolated specifically to the lower back, shoulders and neck. Thereby, wear and tear increases daily and the risk of musculoskeletal injuries to the lower back, shoulders or neck increases too. My goal for this article is to educate you on the importance of switching your daily work and posture habits by using a staggered stance (one foot in front of the other or what I also call the “athletic ready” posture) whenever lifting, pushing or pulling and reaching away from your body at work, home and play. Switching to a WorkSmart staggered stance will protect your lower back, shoulders and neck from
injury in three ways! 1) When you stand in a staggered stance (athletic ready posture), your balance significantly improves. When your balance and stability improves, your body will have significantly reduced biomechanical “wear and tear” forces to your lower back, shoulders and neck. Have you ever lifted a box that was stored in your garage or closet and something in the box shifted and pulled you off balance? This staggered stance posture will help prevent a loss of balance from occurring and keep your lower back, shoulders, neck and knees protected and safe. 2) The staggered stance posture forces your legs, hips and calves to increase their workload, thus sharing the load between more muscle groups and reducing the load and awkward forces to your lower back and shoulders. The more muscles, body parts and joints you have helping in any task performed at work, home or play, the less stressful and forceful the
task is. In simple terms, more helps equals less work for all body parts involved. This staggered stance lifting posture will allow you to lift your infant’s or grandchild’s car seat with much less stress to your lower back, shoulders, neck and knees too. 3) The staggered stance posture significantly reduces any rotational forces to your lower back and shoulders, by making most of the rotational forces transfer through your hips and not your lower back. This industrial athlete posture habit makes your lower back and shoulders shout for joy, because their workload and the awkward forces are significantly reduced. Think of the staggered stance as a family and friends party! Is it more fun to have only one or two friends over to grill this summer, or to invite more of your friends and family members to celebrate? The more friends and family you invite, the less food or beverages you have to purchase and cook yourself, and the creative cooking
talents of others can be enjoyed and expressed too! This same party is happening within your body when you lift, push or pull, and reach away from your body with a staggered stance. Your hips, legs, and calves share the forces of the work with your lower back, knees, and shoulders. When the load is shared, this means that you have less force, less stress, and a reduced risk for sprain and strain injuries. I challenge you, your spouse, co-workers, friends and those you meet across Siouxland to use a staggered stance when picking up your children or grandchildren, putting our groceries into the trunk of the car, lifting at work, picking up toys, or getting your garden ready in the upcoming months. Erik Nieuwenhuis is UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s WorkSmart Ergonomics Injury Prevention Specialist and Wellness Consultant. Contact him at 712279-1842 or erik.nieuwenhuis@ unitypoint.org
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