Click here to read the Healio Exclusive, “Practice good ergonomics early in career to avoid work-related injuries.”
Practicing ophthalmology is mentally and physically stressful. To sustain a long and rewarding career, management of both is critically important. The cover story in this issue of Healio | OSN focuses on physical stress.
Every ophthalmologist is vulnerable to repetitive strain injury (RSI), which is defined as an injury to the musculoskeletal and/or nervous system caused by repetitive tasks, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression, or sustained or awkward positions.