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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Demystifying Declination Angle

ErgoPractice News – July 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Measuring Product Benefits, Not Product Features Note: Please share this article with anyone looking for loupes. This information may make the difference between buying a pair of ergonomic loupes and buying a pair only labeled ergonomic! Frequent Stories From Clinicians Who Have Been Experiencing Neck […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Is Your Practice an ErgoPractice?

ErgoPractice News – June 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary An ErgoPractice is a facility where no one works with pain or discomfort. It is a place where clinicians can truly concentrate on their patients’ health. It is a workplace where no one treats pain symptoms with massage/chiropractic care/drugs. It is a workplace where […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

The Connection Between Ergonomic Loupes & Head Tilt

ErgoPractice News – April 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Including a Conclusive Technique to Know if Your Head Tilt Is in a Safe Range In order to have a long and healthy career, free of pain and injury, we need to work in a neutral posture. We may move through all sorts of postures, […]

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Dental

2017 IDS (International Dental Show) Report

ErgoPractice News – March 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Questions and Answers from Cologne, Germany Last week SurgiTel once again exhibited at the largest dental trade show in the world – the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne Germany. The event hosted more than 155,000 visitors who would meet with 2,305 exhibitors from 59 […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Our Newest Innovation: The Ergo Fit Nose Pad

ErgoPractice News – January 2017 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Changing the Way Clinicians Fit and Wear Their Loupes A Brief History of Ergonomic Vision Systems SurgiTel’s mission is to enhance vision and ergonomics for the clinician. Throughout our history, we have developed never before seen technologies in order to achieve our goal. Let us […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Verify Declination Angle Claims!

ErgoPractice News – December 2016 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] It has long been understood loupes with a steeper declination angle (DA) help clinicians achieve an upright, neutral posture that alleviates neck strain, pain, and injury.1 If the DA of loupes become larger, the user declines their eyes instead of their heads and thus can […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Many Clinicians Needlessly Work with Neck Pain

ErgoPractice News – November 2016 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] How Non-Ergonomic Loupes Have Caused an Epidemic and How You Can Help Stop It! Aches and pains are hindering the quality of life. Many surgeons (92.3%) report work-related pains and about 20% of those surgeons eventually resort to surgery for treatment.1 Dentist and veterinarians are […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Guidelines for Selecting Clinical Loupes

ErgoPractice News – August 2016 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Are You or Someone You Know at Risk of a Career-Ending Neck Injury? The August 2016 Independent Clinicians Report has a cover story titled “Clinical Guidelines for Selecting Loupes.”1 This report contains a survey with answers to several important questions about declination angle vs head […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

ACS Surgery News Recognizes the Working Pain Epidemic

ErgoPractice News – July 2016 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] In the April 2016 issue of the ACS Surgery News, the Official Newspaper of the American College of Surgeons, the front page featured “Operating with pain: Surgeon workplace injury underrecognized.” The clinicians on the ACS Communities Online Forum reacted strongly and several of their letters were printed in […]

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