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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Improving Your Working Posture and Work Environment, In the School of ErgoPractice®, Part 3

ErgoPractice News – August 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Sophisticated technologies for patient care have been developing at a blazingly fast pace and have significantly improved the quality of patients’ lives. However, the rooms in which these procedures take place remain fundamentally unchanged for clinicians (dentists, surgeons, and veterinarians). According to Dr. F. Jacob […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Are Your Loupes Supporting Your Healthy Neck Posture? In the School of ErgoPractice®, Part 2

ErgoPractice News – July 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] A clinician’s loupes can make or break their posture. If you practice with loupes that force you to excessively tilt your head, you are at risk of developing chronic pain in your neck, shoulders, and upper back. If you practice with loupes that guide your […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Can Work-Related Pain Be Avoidable or Reversible? In the School of ErgoPractice®, Part 1

ErgoPractice News – June 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] A large majority of dental professionals and surgeons today experience pain in their necks, shoulders, and upper backs. Many practitioners believe chronic pain is a necessary evil inseparable from the practice of dentistry or surgery. But, work-related pain can be avoided or reversed if we […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Can Chronic Neck Pain Be Eliminated or Healed? Selected Testimonials and Ergonomic Courses

ErgoPractice News – April 2014 – Article 2 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] In the early 1990s, Dr. Lance Rucker (DDS, FACD, Professor and Director of Clinical Ergonomics in the Department of Oral Health Science at The University of British Columbia in Canada) raised a question: Are Surgical Telescopes (called Loupes) Posture Maker or Posture […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Declination Angle as the Key Ergonomic Factor, Key Factors for Ordering Custom Loupes: Part 1

ErgoPractice News – April 2014 – Article 1 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Definition of Declination Angle and Its Ergonomic Role SurgiTel recognized the importance of the declination angle of loupes as the key ergonomic factor and invented flip-up style ergonomic loupes with an adjustable declination angle option in 1993. Since then, SurgiTel has developed […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

New Year’s Resolution: Develop Seven Habits for Health and Fitness

ErgoPractice News – January 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Most of us are very busy and work hard to take care of all the urgent things in our lives. But we often lose sight of a very important thing: our health and fitness. Before we address 2014’s seven habits for health and fitness, I […]

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Posture-Safe Seating

ADA 2013: Health and Fitness Lectures Highlight Ergonomics

ErgoPractice News – December 2013 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] During the 2013 American Dental Association meeting in New Orleans, I attended several lectures on Health and Fitness. They included the Prevention of Work-Related Pain and Injuries, Treating Neck and Back Pain, and Specific Exercise Needs. When the speakers asked their attendees who experience pain […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Demystifying Custom Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2013 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary There is a great variety of loupes and headlights being sold to clinical professionals. Some are made very well and some very poorly. It is difficult to spot the difference. Unfortunately, there are no government standards controlling the quality of loupes and headlights, despite […]

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Dental

Welcome to SurgiTel’s New Newsletter!

ErgoPractice News – June 2013 From the President Welcome to SurgiTel’s new newsletter! We are counting on you to make this a two-way dialogue: we’ll share the best of what’s new at SurgiTel and our behind-the-scenes thinking, along with stories our customers share about their practices and using our products. We’ll also talk with industry […]

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