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A Pain in the Mask; From “Mask Jaw” to trigger finger, the rise in pandemic-related workplace injuries
Pain and injuries from improper or frequent mask wearing and working from home in less-than-ideal workspaces are on the rise. Physicians and therapists weigh in on what we can do about it.
Health care workers urged to take time to relax with COVID-19 surging across Pennsylvania
“Eat, sleep, take time off, what doctor does that?” he said. “These are the things we tell our patients to do, but don’t always follow ourselves. In the past, the tradition was if you were not working 25 hours a day, you weren't dedicated. That’s slowly changing.”
Local colleges green light fall sports, but is it safe?
So far, there has not been a significant spread of COVID-19 through sports, according to Zlotnick. But asymptomatic carriers are the biggest spreaders, he said, and young people involved in high contact sports could unknowingly be carriers, spreading the virus to other athletes who then go home and expose their families to it
“We do what we have to do.” – Health care workers accept coronavirus risks
For most health care workers, a certain amount of risk, including from the coronavirus, is considered part of the job.
Treating Concussions in Student Athletes: Dr. Jeffrey Zlotnick is dedicated to helping athletes heal from head trauma
Dr. Jeffery Zlotnick, a physician with Penn State Health St. Joseph in Reading, is a pioneer of concussion treatment. Inspired to study and treat concussions by the tragic death of a student athlete, he began studying sports-related head injuries long before others.
The rise of Fast Medicine: Urgent care clinics offer benefits for patients and physicians, and some drawbacks.
Health care consumers are turning more and more to urgent care centers rather than traditional primary care offices. Patients are rushing to these walk-in centers, which offer medical care for minor emergencies and illnesses at a fraction of the cost of the traditional emergency room. LVB explores why.
Health professionals: Better awareness of workplace violence leads to better training
Health care professionals interviewed by Lehigh Valley Business feel awareness of the risk of workplace violence in the health care arena is lacking. And they believe that training in how to handle workplace assaults needs to be a bigger part of the health care landscape.
