Exercises?

[anschutz1913]

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This is for all of you practicing dentists: are there any specific exercises that you do to either maintain or improve head/neck, back, posture, forearms, finger strength, etc.??

I always hear about everybody stretching, but not much mention of preventative weight lifting. Just curious.

ANZ

 

[haisha ni narou]

This is for all of you practicing dentists: are there any specific exercises that you do to either maintain or improve head/neck, back, posture, forearms, finger strength, etc.??

I always hear about everybody stretching, but not much mention of preventative weight lifting. Just curious.

ANZ

Just a 2nd year dental student but since no one has chimed in, I'll tell you what I was told. Yoga is supposed to be pretty good, it will strengthen your core muscles to help stabilize everything. Probably anything that develops core strength would be a safe way to go.

 

[anschutz1913]

appreciate it!

 

[DrJeff]

Aside from the usual cardio stuff that I do for just general health, I do some basic core strengthening excerises and stretching to the back/neck in good shape. I also can't emphasize enough that practicing on a daily basis with GOOD posture is probably more important than any head/neck conditioning work you can do!

 

[somethinpositiv]

Look into Alexander Technique.

http://www.amazon.com/How-You-Stand-Move-Live/dp/1600940064/
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-First-Lesson/dp/B000MBEKJO/

 

[bigstix808]

im def a fan of yoga

found that page with a simple search, seems pretty decent. just some videos put together by a chiropractor

http://www.monkeysee.com/play/5293-exercises-for-posture-take-tension-off-the-neck

 

[MTD52]

Not that I'm a dental student but, how about just get a good weight lifting routine and you'll probably never have any issues.

Also, this:
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