We're going to Rock around the clock!!!

"We're going to rock around the clock tonight, we're going to rock rock rock 'til the broad daylight"  

Today in clinic we were working on how to position our bodies correctly with the patient so that we won't get injuries and we can be ergonomically correct. This is achieved by orienting yourself in different times of the clock. I know this is a very important skill for someone who's body is so vital to their job. Instructor Hafen told us about how she had to take 5 years off of work because of injuries related to incorrect positioning over years of working. The weirdest thing to overcome is being SPREAD EAGLE above the patient's head. The other thing we went over was where we position ourselves so that we can see and perform well for wherever we are working in the mouth. It was my "AH HA" moment for the day because now I can see how much easier it is to move the mirror, pt's head, and light before sacrificing my body position. We had a lot of fun in our pod shouting out numbers and surfaces and then the rest of us would find where we were supposed to be, our clock position, if we were supposed to use the mirror and where the light would be. 

Well that is a lot of words for not very much cool information. From now on we are going to 

"ROCK" the "CLOCKS!!"

See ya next time fellas