Labor gymnastics (LG) is a systematization of exercises in the workplace, during working
hours is short, 5 to 15 minutes, is developed from the physical demands of work. It emerges
as an efficient tool in the field of work, bringing numerous benefits to workers' health and to
companies. Objective: To verify the effects of LG on employees of an electric transmission
company in the city of Belém-PA. Materials and methods: This work is defined as
descriptive in relation to the objectives and has as research procedure the survey, was
developed in a company of electric transmission in Belém, in which was developed a program
of LG since 2004, elaborated and applied by a physical education teacher. 50 employees were
invited. As a criterion for inclusion in the survey the guests should be occupational
gymnastics practitioners, however 37 participated in the data collection, 19 males (51.3%) and
18 females (48.6%). They answered a questionnaire that aimed to collect personal, functional
and medical data, in order to obtain data on leaves, physical injuries, signs of pain and
tiredness, data related to physical activity and leisure, results and changes after the
implementation of LG. To determine the location and intensity of pain, Buckler's pain
inventory was used. Results: According to the results obtained, the workers presented
numerous benefits, especially in reducing fatigue, reducing stress, reducing body aches,
improving mood, better integration with colleagues, increased willingness to work, increased
productivity and better attention at work, it was also found that among sedentary people who
practiced only LG also had improvements in the perception of the intensity of musculoskeletal
pain, proved the low rate of absenteeism due to injuries and accidents at work among LG
practitioners. Conclusion: The practice of LG in the researched company confirms the
numerous benefits that the literature points out to us, employees reported improvements in the
physical, psychological and social fields. The respondents had low rates of absences due to
physical injury and work accidents, numbers that could be better if there were higher weekly
frequency. It was concluded that there was a decrease in the intensity of musculoskeletal pain
even among sedentary people who only experienced LG as physical activity.
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