but not how to be a healthy surgeon," he says. "Physical discomfort
has long been viewed as part of the job."
During his residency, Dr. Lidsky sat in on an ergonomic workshop
that completely changed his outlook about the physical demands of sur-
gery. "I had been experiencing lower neck pain, and checked all the
boxes for an ergonomic injury," he explains.
The ergonomics expert who ran the workshop later observed Dr.
Lidsky performing surgery and offered useful tips for improving his
posture. Your surgeons might not have access to an ergonomics
expert, but their colleagues can offer a knowing perspective on how
to maintain proper posture beside the OR table.
"Surgeons can ask one of their partners to watch how they perform
surgery to assess and tell them if there are things they could change,"
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