Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Prone position tips?

[Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>]

No personal experience here Alec, but I do recall Phil saying that prone 
was one of the most uncomfortable positions to use.  Sufficient padding 
should help, but even when I'm lying in bed watching TV on a nice foot 
thick mattress I often find myself turning from stomach, to side, to 
stomach, etc, etc, etc.  The only position I can think of that should 
help (although you may not have the room for it) is to have the torso 
slightly higher than the thighs and shins.  I think Phil talked about 
this too, that to be comfortable you have to get the weight off your 
belly.  So imagine sitting in a chair, and then pivoting face down 90 
degrees while maintaining the same position.  Your torso is at one 
level, your shins at another.   Obviously you need depth for your thighs 
and shins to do this although I'm sure that can be variable.

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Jon


Smyth, Alec wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Snoopy started a winter rebuild last night and will hopefully emerge 
> quite changed, configured for two with one person lying down and the 
> other sitting in the tower. But even with a 30 second test lying down 
> in the stripped out cabin I can tell the person in the prone position 
> will need an advanced degree in yoga and series of painkiller shots. 
> Does anyone have some ergonomic lessons learned for prone crew? It may 
> be as simple as making a cushion standard equipment, or maybe I could 
> try to build a sort of folding table-like device in front of the 
> viewport so that a person could rest their chest on it. Since prone 
> positions are fairly common, I'm just wondering what folks have found 
> works best (or at least hurts less).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alec
>
>
>
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