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Protect your neck. Okay, maybe not all of you are fans of the Wu-Tang clan, but that does not mean they do not have good advice. The incorrect posture shortens more races in dentistry than anything else. If you observe literature, the prevalence of neck and back pain is rampant in dentistry, and most studies show rates in 75+% or more. Dentistry has been listed as one of the most harmful professions for their health due to musculoskeletal dysfunction associated with it.
The proper position of the treatment is key to a long career in dentistry. However, it is not always possible to maintain adequate posture for everything we do. The average human head weighs approximately 11-12 pounds. However, once we break the vertical plane, the weight increases drastically. Add to the weight magnifying glasses, the head lights and now the shields of the face, the weight continues to add more and more stress to a tense system.
It is best to maintain clean ergonomics, but as stated above, this is not always possible. Fortunately, with some good maintenance exercises, the damage can be collected and if it catches enough. The most common areas that are affected are the neck, back, shoulders and hips for all dental professionals. The dolls and hands have a higher risk of hygiene due to a repetitive stress injury, commonly known as carpal tunnel syndrome. For the sake of this article, we will focus mainly on the neck and some shoulder mobility.
Exercises can be done before work or bone. The objective of these exercises is to make the specific area move. It is not about obtaining a “training” of the exercises. With that in mind, when bands are used, it’s not about how much weight is pulling. You just need enough to have a feeling of resistance. This gives you enough to activate the muscle and stabilize the joint in which you are working. Remember that the idea is to obtain the clean movement, not the fatigue of the muscle.
Here are the eight exercises:
• Make the first five times a day in the order listed below.
• The last three can be done before or after work, or both if you need it.
Ceremonies:
- Retraction / chin
- Cervical extension
- Cervical rotation
- Shoulder rolls
- Rotations of the upper trunk – utr
- Rows with Theraband
- Shoulder extension with Theraband
- Shoulder shrugs with TBANE
Trying a good posture of Mintain is, of course, the first objective, but if that is not possible, there are ways to reduce stress and stress in the body. When performing thesis exercises on a regular base, it can help reduce any damage done through bad posture. With regular maintenance, it can slow down the progression of the problem of the cervical and thoracic column and the corresponding inspirations of the shoulders suffered by most dental professionals.
