By Laura Adams (PropertyCasualty360) Follow these safety tips to stay safe on the roads during the pandemic and minimize your risk of picking up the virus. As the world hunkers down to ride out the novel coronavirus crisis, some of us still need to venture out, especially if we’re considered an essential worker and have to…
U.S. highway-safety regulators are suspending rules that limit daily driving hours for truck drivers moving emergency supplies such as medical equipment, hand sanitizer and food in response to the nationwide coronavirus outbreak. The Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the nationwide exemption late Friday, following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over…
Shared by the Mayo Clinic For most healthy adults, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends these exercise guidelines: Aerobic activity. Get at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week, or a combination of moderate and vigorous activity. The guidelines suggest that you spread out…
Shared from Tow Times Magazine As we rely more and more on our smart phones for daily tasks, the repetitive actions we use to operate them have caused the inevitable rise in hand. Injuries associated with phones. This is especially true with what has been termed texting thumb, a tendon issue that can cause chronic…
Truck drivers must make effort to keep their brains healthy. They should be sharp and focused on the road. The foods we eat and the supplements we take to maintain a healthy body also help to keep the brain healthy. Choosing to eat a healthy diet which is low in saturated and trans-fats and replacing…
Brain health declines as we age just as the overall health of the body declines. Creeping memory loss can begin to occur when people are in their 30’s or 40’s. However, when older people have minor lapses in memory these are often referred to as senior moments. This can be such things as being unable…
Truck driving has been referred to as one of the most dangerous and unhealthiest occupations. Although, it is a major challenge for truck drivers to be healthy on the road these days good health is possible. Many truckers begin to suffer with major health conditions once they’ve been driving for a while. Nevertheless, it is possible to…
Healthy diets are an important component of overall health and wellness. However, exercise is also important as our bodies are intended to move. One reason for poor health and overweight issues that so many truck drivers suffer with is that they fail to exercise on a regular basis if at all. Truck drivers suffer with shortened life…
