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Why Dental Hygienists Feel So Sore After Work (And What Helps) Sometimes I’d notice it halfway through an appointment. I’d be focused on what I was […]

Dental Hygienist Work Schedule: How Many Days Should You Work? I saw a dental hygienist on TikTok talking about going from five days a week […]

Myofascial Release for Dental Hygienists: Where to Start at Home One day, a coworker came to me because the spot flared up between her shoulder […]

Saddle Stool for Dental Hygienists: Will It Actually Fix Your Posture? She went home on a Thursday after a long week in so much pain, her […]

Wrist Pain in Dental Hygienists: Why It Happens (And What Actually Helps) I remember working on my case patient in dental hygiene school. I was the last […]

When Stretching Helps and When Dental Hygienists Need More Stretching Was My First Go-To For a long time in my hygiene career, stretching was […]

Why Dental Hygienists Are So Tired by the End of the Day One day, I caught myself getting irrationally angry at an ultrasonic cord that kept getting […]

Why Holding Positions All Day Is So Hard on a Dental Hygienist’s Body When I started strength training consistently in my early years as a dental hygienist, I […]

The Missing Piece Between Strength Training and Feeling Better at Work as a Dental Hygienist There’s a moment I hear about all the time from dental hygienists who strength train, […]

Proper Positioning for a Dental Hygienist: When You’re Doing Everything Right but Still Hurt You graduate. You invest in ergonomic loupes. You sit in a saddle chair. You remind […]