People who use smart phones and tablets are starting to get usage related injuries such as “text thumb injury” and “text neck.” The average user tends to spend any where from 30 minutes to two hours a day on their phones for things other than calls.
USERS of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech savvy are coming down with ailments from ”text neck” to ”text thumb injury”.
Health experts in Britain have warned that the strain injuries stemming from long periods spent staring at small screens and tapping at tiny keys can be debilitating. And the injuries are becoming more common as high-tech gadgets grow ever more popular.
More and more Britons use their smartphones – in effect tiny PCs – to access the internet rather than for phone calls.
According to a recent YouGov poll, 44 per cent of Britons use their mobile phone for activities other than making calls, for between 30 minutes and two hours a day.
”I had a patient who developed inflamed tendons in her thumb from using her smartphone and was unable to use her hand for weeks due to pain,” said Tim Hutchful from… continue reading
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