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Silbia Espinoza, RN, (far right) strikes a pose with some of the 25 team members who hiked up to the Hollywood sign for healthy fun.

Wendy Watson manages stress through vigorous exercise. 

Health is a team sport for these colleagues at the lab at the South Bay Medical Center in Southern California, including members of UFCW Local 770 and SEIU-UHW, who take Instant Recess® together.

Walter Allen, executive director and chief financial officer of OPEIU Local 30

A patient gets a blood pressure test.

Team co-leads Dan Teng, MD; Sandi Parker, medical assistant, SEIU UHW; and Jill Manchester, manager (left to right) 

Susan Miles, the Ambulatory Nursing director at Ontario Medical Center, shows off a photo of the running shoes she has treated herself to, using them as an incentive and reward in place of food.

Maureen Fox leads union members in a flash mob performance of Beyonce’s “Move Your Body” in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard at the 2012 Union Delegate Conference. 

Go ahead and jump! Total health is a team sport. 

Instant Recess® breaks, like this one at a Baldwin Park, California, call center, are part of helping employees stay healthy. 

A longshore worker signing up for a multiphasic exam in 1961. 

UHW member Carolina Meza (right) leads "the incredible hulk" stretch during Instant Recess