Shoulder Pain....when to report?

[Treegrower]

Originally Posted by feederdude

Get with your business agent, they have forms to sign and have on file, it gives you the right to see your own doctor. Don't listen to treegrower on this, the company has more time and money than you do. Get the form filed prior to reporting your injury.
Fdude

feederdude,
I think we are on the same page page, if I read you correctly. I could be wrong but didn't you say that you have the right to go see your own Dr. 1st ??? And didn't I say you have the right to go see your own Dr.1st.?? And you reply that "don't listen to treegrower on this, the company has more time and money than you." Did I miss something? Seems like, on the surface at least, we are saying the same thing. Maybe I am missing something. Please do tell.

[feederdude]

The company must accept the right to see a Doctor of your own choosing, they do however have the right to send you to their Doctor at the time of report. What I'm saying is #1). File the right to see a Dr. of your own choice form. 2). Then report the injury/incident. If you don't, I have seen employees hung out to dry for months or years, some come back, some don't. UPS has the attitude of not letting an employee set an example especially in regards to the safety/injury process. The injury frequency numbers are more important to the company than the injured person.
I used to handle the process for the company, and then went through the process as an injured employee.....don't be fooled by thinking you can force them, or change the course the safety process takes. This is pushed from corporate, to the Regions, and then the districts. I do however think that Corporate has good intentions in regards to employee safety, but they are sooo far removed from operations that by the time the districts impliment the guidelines they aren't employee friendly.
Keep your Ducks in a row when dealing with them. They keep 6135's (attendance records) on each employee, as well as injury/accident history on them for future discussions. My main point is to keep one step ahead of them in documentation.
Fdude

[PackageDonkey]

Wow, didnt realize this post was still alive. The pain seems to have gone away on its own. I usually do a rural route and am able to take small breaks throughout the day, and it seem to help. I went to the chiro last week and he said shoulder feels fine, muscle is just tight. Got a massage scheduled on Sat, hopefully that puts an end to the pain for good. Also, what the heck is a business agent?

[tarbar66]

Originally Posted by fredly00

I started having shoulder problems, and realized the "three points of contact"
was the culprit.. I was gripping the handrail and pulling myself up or lowering myself down. Neither of which our shoulders are really designed to do 100 times a day. so now my hand it just placed on the handrail and I don't grip it, I let my legs do more of the work.

About a week later my shoulder started feeling much better.

Not a bad idea, but I think he said it was his left shoulder that hurt.

[stevetheupsguy]

Originally Posted by tarbar66

Not a bad idea, but I think he said it was his left shoulder that hurt.

Maybe the driver is in the U.K.?

Originally Posted by PackageDonkey

Wow, didnt realize this post was still alive. The pain seems to have gone away on its own. I usually do a rural route and am able to take small breaks throughout the day, and it seem to help. I went to the chiro last week and he said shoulder feels fine, muscle is just tight. Got a massage scheduled on Sat, hopefully that puts an end to the pain for good. Also, what the heck is a business agent?

That's the guy from the union that usually looks like a Gorilla and drives a Lincoln. This description may vary from state to state.

[PackageDonkey]

Went in for my massage therapy on saturday. Gotta say, my first massage wasnt bad. She siad my upper back was incredibly tight, and after 2 or 3 sessions i should be fine. feels MUCH better after first session. Thanks a lot for all of the replies.

[Mike23]

Sounds like a VERY mild case of tendinitis. Pretty common when doing repetitive motions. Use your left hand to palm the wheel on turns (since you still want to look cool and driving with two hands doesn't make you look cool) and cut back on the Pr0n.