Musculoskeletal pain and injury in sonographers, causes and solutions

Scanning a patient involves pushing a heavy transducer and a heavy cord while simultaneously leaning over a patient, using the keyboard and viewing the screen. Even with good patient and machine position, a sonographer's upper limbs can be abducted up to 90º from the body that can place the body under stress. International statistics indicate that 80–95% of sonographers experience work‐related pain, 90% experience this pain for more than half their career and one in five sonographers sustain a career ending work‐related injury.