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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Team-Based Ergonomics Training Program Self-Ergonomics Gap Analysis

ErgoPractice News – January 2019 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Symptoms of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Numerous professionals such as dentists, hygienists, and surgeons are suffering from work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Although the reasons for work-related musculoskeletal disorders are varied, the main contributing factor is poor working posture. However, working ergonomically will help prevent work-related pain and […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Become an Ergonomic Health Educator for Your Colleagues

ErgoPractice News – December 2018 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Duke Surgery Department’s Ergonomics Program In 2017, the General Surgery Department at Duke started an educational program where chief residents teach junior residents about the proper working posture. This program was created to counter the surprising issues discovered and identified through research at the program.1 […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

NEW Innovation With Ergo Fit Nose Pads

ErgoPractice News – August 2018 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary Today more clinicians want to utilize the performance power of high-power prism (or Keplerian) loupes. Since these high-power prism loupes are heavier, loupe frames require comfortable nose pads that can effectively support the weight. Ideally, nose pads for loupe frames should easily conform over […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Are You Ignoring Your Working Pain? 3 Main Issues Facing Clinicians Today

ErgoPractice News – May 2018 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] SurgiTel’s mission has always been to provide clinicians with ergonomically designed vision aid products that help them work with comfortable working postures and thus prevent pain in the neck, upper back, lower back, and shoulders. At the recent 2018 Townie Meeting, SurgiTel was invited to […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Text Neck and Loupe Neck: A Global Epidemic

ErgoPractice News – April 2018 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary Extensive use of smartphones and other electronic devices is resulting in a harmful and dangerous physical condition known as Text Neck. The phrase Text Neck – originally coined by Dr. Dean Fishman, a chiropractor in Plantation, Florida – describes the repeated stress injury to […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

MultiPoint Ergonomics™ Loupes: Prevent BOTH Back and Neck Pain

ErgoPractice News – January 2018 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] As a result of ergonomic education, a majority of clinicians today are recognizing the importance of a neutral working posture to prevent work-related pain and injuries. Although loupes have been recommended as an ergonomic solution to help clinicians work with improved postures, many loupes still […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Don’t Just Treat Your Symptoms, Eliminate the Cause of Your Working Pain

ErgoPractice News – December 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Since 1992, it has been SurgiTel’s mission to enhance the work and lives of our clients by supporting their best working posture and alleviating compounding neck and back strains and pains. SurgiTel’s ergonomic loupes and eye-safe LED headlights have greatly improved the careers of thousands […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

How to Determine Magnification Power of Backup or Replacement Loupes

ErgoPractice News – November 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Recently we received a question from a customer concerned about his new pair of loupes. He had been working with 3.5x magnification for many years and ordered replacement 3.5x magnification loupes. After receiving his new loupes he was surprised to find the magnification power seemed […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Can Loupes Help Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders?

ErgoPractice News – September 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Oral health professionals, surgeons, and veterinarians spend their careers focused on the health of their patients. And all too often they neglect their own health in the process. Clinicians in these fields experience abnormally high rates of musculoskeletal disorders.1, 2 SurgiTel was founded 25+ years […]

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