Dental Stools & Low Back Pain
Up to 80% of practitioners have low back pain. How valuable would it be to know how to prevent it through proper stool selection, adjustment, operatory modifications, therapies, modalities and exercise?In this evidence-based course, Dr. Valachi reveals to how to prevent low back pain with proper stool selection & adjustment, specific ergonomic modifications in your operatory, modalities, self-therapies and exercise.
Video Course Highlights:
- When it comes to dental stools, one size does NOT fit all! To effectively prevent low back pain in dentistry, your dental stool MUST be properly selected and adjusted based on your unique lumbar curvature, gender, height, and body frame.
- Dr. Valachi’s list of Recommended Dental Stools, and how to adjust them depending on your lumbar curve.
- Assess your lumbar curvature.
- Adjust your stool properly depending on your lumbar curvature
- Implement ergonomic modifications in the operatory to prevent low back pain
- Identify effective therapies for low back pain, based on the research
- Discover the #1 evidence-based intervention for preventing low back pain
- Select the proper types of exercise that prevent low back pain.
- Identify common trigger points that lead to low back pain.
1 Module
Dental Stools & Low Back Pain: Selection, Adjustment, Therapies & Exercise to Prevent Back Pain
Posturedontics, LLC is an AGD PACE recognized provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of the program provider are accepted by the AGD for fellowship, mastership, and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance of credit hours by state or provincial boards of dentistry, or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2025. Provider #217880.
Instructor: Dr. Bethany Valachi, PT, DPT, MS, CEAS; Clinical Instructor of Ergonomics, OHSU School of Dentistry, Portland, OR.
Support/Questions: info@posturedontics.com or 503.291.5121
CE Certificate: Certificate of completion will be sent automatically via e-mail upon completion of the online test following each module.
Dr. Bethany Valachi
Author, "Practice Dentistry Pain-Free"
Clinical Instructor, OSHU School of Dentistry, Portland, OR