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  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Rehabilitation

Background:

  • Surgical practitioners, including those in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, experience substantial physical stress and strain.
  • Despite ergonomic considerations and micro-breaks, many surgeons continue to face discomfort, debility, and disability.
  • Addressing surgeon well-being requires strategies both within and outside the operating room.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the potential benefits of yoga for mitigating physical stress and strain in surgeons.
  • To identify complementary approaches for enhancing surgeon comfort and resilience.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on surgeon physical well-being.
  • Exploration of yoga principles and their applicability to surgical practice.
  • Analysis of strategies for improving surgeon resilience.

Main Results:

  • Yoga offers a viable approach to complement existing ergonomic strategies.
  • Practices outside the operating room can significantly impact surgeon comfort and resilience.
  • Yoga may help alleviate debilitating physical symptoms experienced by surgeons.

Conclusions:

  • Yoga presents a promising avenue for improving the physical well-being of surgeons.
  • A holistic approach, incorporating off-the-job practices like yoga, is crucial for surgeon resilience.
  • Further research into yoga interventions for surgical professionals is warranted.