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Are your habitual reactions harmful?

2 mins read Workplace issues/your health
As a dental professional, there's a strong possibility that you may have experienced discomfort or pain in your back from working in a dental surgery, as well as the feelings of stress or pressure. Each of these experiences can have a negative effect on your life and work

In surgery, your body is regularly distorted and held in unnatural positions for potentially long periods of time. As a result, muscle spasms and long term disorders could affect your neck, shoulders and back, and they can strike at any age.1 For those who recover relatively quickly, these episodes can be annoying, uncomfortable and could mean a short time off work, but some people can suffer the impact for the rest of their lives, resulting in a loss of earnings and even a premature end to their careers. Martyn Amsel's Dynamic 4-Handed Dentistry course teaches dentists and their nurses to move in synchrony above the patient while transferring instruments during a consultation, teaching the benefits of less leaning, twisting and stretching into unnatural positions.2

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