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In this month’s episode of Dentistry Gym, Khalil Hussein focuses on shoulder pain and ensuring full range of movement in our shoulders. It’s amazing how little we realise the importance of our bodies. That is until we start to experience pain and it affects our lives. Lower back pain is the most common cause of … Continued
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In today’s episode of Dentistry Gym, Khalil Hussein focuses on some exercises for improving spinal mobility and strength. When it comes to spinal stiffness and pain, one culprit that often rears its ugly head is the limited amount of movement between spinal segments. Lower back pain and stiffness The spine is made up of 24 … Continued
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In this month’s Dentistry Gym, Khalil Hussein takes a closer look at neck pain and suggests two simple exercises to help strengthen neck muscles. Simple is often a term that is looked down on because it seems too easy. Simple may seem easy, but it is often the simple things that produce the best results … Continued
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In this month’s episode of the dentistry gym, Khalil Hussein tries something a little bit different. He takes a look at TMJ dysfunction and pain. Many of you reading this will see a patient with TMJ issues. Some of you may even have your own TMJ issues. In this video, I will address some of … Continued
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In this class, Khalil Hussein works on building some of the principles he has been talking about in previous Dentistry Gym classes. When it comes to exercise there is no right or wrong type and no right or wrong time. Our bodies were meant to move and to stretch. In fact, our brain’s main purpose, … Continued
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This week, Khalil Hussein explores the links between breathing mechanics and neck and back pain in clinicians, as well as ways to combat this. The Dentistry Gym series has been ongoing for a few months now and our audience is growing. I receive messages most days stating how much better people feel going through the … Continued
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Khalil Hussein explains the importance of looking after our joints and introduces some simple exercises to help keep you pain free. When it comes to your joints, why is it that no one thinks of them the same way they think of their teeth? As dentists, I’m sure that you would advise all of your … Continued
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In this month’s class of the Dentistry Gym, Khalil Hussein is focusing on shoulders. Shoulder pain is a common occurrence amongst the dental community, with issues such as frozen shoulder, rotator cuff problems, and general aches and pains affecting everyone from the dentist to the receptionist. The glenohumeral joint is comprised of two main parts, … Continued
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Being a dentist requires you to spend lot of time sitting. A few years ago, the news headline came out saying: ‘Sitting is the new smoking’. People panicked, stores began to empty and toilet paper was as valuable as an E.max crown! But this headline is misleading. Sitting is not the new smoking and sitting … Continued
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Today in our latest segment of the Dentistry Gym, Khalil Hussein is focusing on the elbow and wrist pain. Two commonly irritable and painful areas for many dentists, the elbows especially contribute to a lot of the procedures conducted by dentists on a daily basis. Common issues that can occur are colloquially known as tennis … Continued
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In partnership with Dentistry Online, Khalil Hussein presents Dentistry Gym. Today’s class focuses on exercises that help to prevent neck and shoulder pain in dentistry. Neck and shoulder pain Dentistry is tough on the neck and shoulders. Many dentists suffer from neck pain and shoulder pain as a result. When it comes to neck pain … Continued
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Khalil Hussein discusses musculoskeletal pain in dentistry by assessing the potential causes in daily work life Perfect posture does not exist, and even if it did its perceived importance would have little significance compared to what was once thought. There is currently no standard definition of what ‘good or bad’ posture is, and even less evidence … Continued
