Functional training for dentistry: an exercise prescription for dental health care personnel.

Athlete's Performance, an organization of spe- cialists in the development of athleticism and injury prevention, has analyzed the seated pos- tural demands of dental health care workers for the purpose of developing an exercise pro- tocol appropriate to the dental profession. As with their individualized exercise prescriptions for some of the world's most acclaimed ath- letes, the conditioning of the torso is the focus of a prescription for exercise when injury pre- vention is emphasized. An analysis of the seat- ed postural demands common to dental health care workers is the basis for an exercise proto- col intended to strengthen the torso and encourage "good" seated posture.