Athletes Get Coaching. Employees Get Training. That’s the Problem.

In sports, performance and injury prevention are driven by continuous coaching, real-time feedback, and consistent reinforcement. Athletes don’t rely on one-time instruction. They improve through ongoing guidance and adjustment.

In the workplace, the model is very different.

Employees typically receive initial safety training and basic ergonomics guidance, then are expected to apply it consistently on their own. Over time, movement patterns break down, strain builds, and injuries follow. The gap isn’t a lack of training. It’s the absence of ongoing coaching and reinforcement.

In this session, Bryan Reich, SVP, Programs & Operations – Prevention Services at WorkCare, and Dr. Jo Shattuck, neuroscientist, former top ten world ranked athlete and coach and Founder of PantherTec, explore how principles from sports performance can be applied to improve workplace safety and reduce musculoskeletal injuries.

You’ll gain insight into why traditional safety training models often fall short and how integrating real-time feedback and continuous coaching can help close the gap between training and real-world performance. The discussion will also highlight how technologies originally developed for sports performance and rehabilitation, including PantherTec’s KAT system – known as the SafeCoach in our workplace safety space, provide immediate feedback that helps workers recognize and correct movement patterns as they perform their jobs.

When combined with on-site coaching and clinical support, these approaches create a more proactive and sustainable model for injury prevention, one that supports performance improvement over time, not just compliance in the moment.

What you will learn:

• Why traditional safety training alone is not enough to prevent injuries
• The difference between training and coaching in driving behavior change
• How sports science approaches can be applied in industrial work environments
• The role of real-time feedback in improving movement and reducing strain
• How technology and coaching work together to support industrial athletes
• Practical ways to shift from reactive response to proactive injury prevention

Register now and join us for this unique approach to injury prevention.

Bryan Reich M.Ed. ATC, CEAS

Senior Vice President, ​ Programs & Operations - Prevention Services