New research is suggesting that too much texting can lead to hand, shoulder and neck pain. The study found that young people who hunched over and only used one thumb to text suffered from more hand, neck and arm pain compared to those who used other finger to text and sat straight.
This is an extension of a phenomenon becoming more common; "Blackberry Thumb". As mobile devices become a more common means of communicating and sending messages, repetitive strain injuries related to our cell phones is bound to rise.
Ewa Gustafsson, an ergonomist at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden is sounding the alarm on the way people today interact with technology. A significant factor is also the frequency we are messaging on our phones nowadays. A concern echoed by, Dr. David Edelstein. "The difference between the computer age and the typewriter age is that people don't stop," said Dr. David Edelstein, orthopedic and hand surgeon at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. "They are typing all day. During their lunch break they are using a mouse or texting, and they may go home and do more."
So the next time your Blackberry beckons, take a second to make sure you're using good posture. It could save you a lot of suffering down the road.
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