Is your reading room a pain in your neck?

Is the radiology reading room a fundamentally unhealthy environment for radiologists?...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: 6 life lessons for radiologists from Roger Federer Sonographers remain vulnerable to musculoskeletal pain Can the reading room go from sedentary to svelte? How to train movement to live, work, and play pain-free Repetitive strain injury common among breast imagersComments: 3/22/2018 1:28:32 PMBalint I have a probably somewhat related problems. I don't know if I'm alone with this but on days when I read exclusively cross-sectional imaging I always start to experience a gritty sensation in my eyes that just doesn't go away after a couple of hours (eyedrops don't help, my vision is fine). I mysteriously never have this problem when I'm reporting mixed modalities. Any tips what could be done against it? 3/22/2018 1:58:48 PMgmolin18 What a timely article Brian.  Current lifestyle activities have certainly contributed to musculoskeletal pain syndromes.  We seem to being living our lives looking down at devices with our necks, shoulders and upper backs rounded forcing an anteriorly displaced posture.  Anterior muscles shorten while posterior muscles become hypertonic and fatigued.   I am a practicing chiropractor who treats a large population of white-collar work related repetitive stress injuries; mostly due to prolonged sitting and computer “mousing”.  Proper ergonomics can go a long way in miti...
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