Those who dedicate their working lives to healing others often carry the quiet cost of that care in their own bodies. A study from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences offers a measured but meaningful answer to a profession-wide dilemma: the mechanical tools therapists use on patients may now be turned, in a sense, toward protecting the therapists themselves. Thirty-two practitioners participated in a crossover trial comparing manual and device-assisted lower-limb stretching, and the ergonomic difference was not subtle — it was a 69-fold improvement in the odds of safer posture. The path from
Device-assisted stretching cuts therapist injury risk by 69-fold, Nature study finds
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physiotherapists and occupational therapists cause chronic pain and disability, affecting their ability to practice and quality of life.