2.5 years in and my back/ wrist/ and shoulder already feel it. Not constant but it's there. I'm the only tech where I work and they have told me they have no intentions on hiring anyone else to help me (when I got hired there was another person) I fear I won't make it to retirement in this field.
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Waleska Lafferty
9 years ago
We need support on a grand scale for this very serious issue in the ultrasound world. There must be limits to the stress we impose on our bodies day to day.
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Mary Stukofski
9 years ago
Thank you so much for caring!!!
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Celena Phillips
9 years ago
Agree
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Cheryl Fisher
9 years ago
I agree scanningnin pin is too common.
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Tiffany Miller RDMS
9 years ago
I'm only a year and a half into my career and I already feel the pain in my wrist shoulder and back. I love what I do and and no matter how hard you try to work with ergonomics in mind, it simply is impossible to get good diagnostic images without compensating at times. With high BMI, technically difficult patients, and high case loads (some days 20 patients!) this really isn't healthy. I also believe with the baby boomers and the projected increase in our field that it willl only get worse as time goes on if we don't speak out. It's scary because I'm only starting my career and I am already in pain everyday. I'm scared I will have to have surgery in the next 5-10 years. I want this career to last and I shouldn't have to worry about how long my arm and back can hold out. Tendinitis, bursitis, torn rotator cuff, wrist and back injurys are so common. We post on boards trying to find ways to cope and how our surgery journey's went which were caused by our field. With a 90% injury rate, that statistic alone should raise awareness for a change.
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Melissa Zabinski
9 years ago
This is a very real problem. Everyone in my department has pain in their backs and shoulders.
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Eileen weinand
9 years ago
2 shoulder surgeries later I’m hoping for 10 more years of scanning:)
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Thank god it allows you to be anonymous, b/c otherwise I’d be too scared to sign this petition.
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Joanna Johnson
9 years ago
IM VERY INJURED and got fired for it...
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Anonymous
9 years ago
General/Vascular/Breast Sonographer for 11 years with at least 3 separate incidents of PT for work-related injuries.
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KayCee Owens RDMS
9 years ago
Average 250+ per month OBGYN scans.
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Karena Holman
9 years ago
Holmansgirl1
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Francine Bell
9 years ago
Two shoulder surgeries, nerve damage, lost career, lost hobbies, residual pain. It could have all been avoided.
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Elizabeth (Jo) Stillwell, RT,RDMS,RVT
9 years ago
Just had surgery for DeQuervian's, chronic neck and upper back pain, 28 years scanning
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Anonymous
9 years ago
18 tears scanning Echo. Neck, shoulder and arm pain daily. Just went through therapy for repetitive stress injury
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Katherine McCutchen
9 years ago
Scanning limits are needed
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Krystal Hollingsworth
9 years ago
Echo 23 years. Bulging disc in cervical spine, shoulder pain, sciatica
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Kathleen Harrington
9 years ago
22 years scanning echo. Carpel Tunnel in both wrists, Compressed vertebre, Spinal stenosis, Sciatica and now both my arms fall asleep.
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Elaine Ahnee
9 years ago
I have been injured 4 times over 33 years. Needs to be reviewed
2.5 years in and my back/ wrist/ and shoulder already feel it. Not constant but it's there. I'm the only tech where I work and they have told me they have no intentions on hiring anyone else to help me (when I got hired there was another person) I fear I won't make it to retirement in this field.
We need support on a grand scale for this very serious issue in the ultrasound world. There must be limits to the stress we impose on our bodies day to day.
Thank you so much for caring!!!
Agree
I agree scanningnin pin is too common.
I'm only a year and a half into my career and I already feel the pain in my wrist shoulder and back. I love what I do and and no matter how hard you try to work with ergonomics in mind, it simply is impossible to get good diagnostic images without compensating at times. With high BMI, technically difficult patients, and high case loads (some days 20 patients!) this really isn't healthy. I also believe with the baby boomers and the projected increase in our field that it willl only get worse as time goes on if we don't speak out. It's scary because I'm only starting my career and I am already in pain everyday. I'm scared I will have to have surgery in the next 5-10 years. I want this career to last and I shouldn't have to worry about how long my arm and back can hold out. Tendinitis, bursitis, torn rotator cuff, wrist and back injurys are so common. We post on boards trying to find ways to cope and how our surgery journey's went which were caused by our field. With a 90% injury rate, that statistic alone should raise awareness for a change.
This is a very real problem. Everyone in my department has pain in their backs and shoulders.
2 shoulder surgeries later I’m hoping for 10 more years of scanning:)
Thank god it allows you to be anonymous, b/c otherwise I’d be too scared to sign this petition.
IM VERY INJURED and got fired for it...
General/Vascular/Breast Sonographer for 11 years with at least 3 separate incidents of PT for work-related injuries.
Average 250+ per month OBGYN scans.
Holmansgirl1
Two shoulder surgeries, nerve damage, lost career, lost hobbies, residual pain. It could have all been avoided.
Just had surgery for DeQuervian's, chronic neck and upper back pain, 28 years scanning
18 tears scanning Echo. Neck, shoulder and arm pain daily. Just went through therapy for repetitive stress injury
Scanning limits are needed
Echo 23 years. Bulging disc in cervical spine, shoulder pain, sciatica
22 years scanning echo. Carpel Tunnel in both wrists, Compressed vertebre, Spinal stenosis, Sciatica and now both my arms fall asleep.
I have been injured 4 times over 33 years. Needs to be reviewed