TECH NECK CAN REALLY HURT YOU!

My Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological ConditionWe are all addicted to our smartphones but as much as give us, they can also give us chronic neck and back pains, as Lifehacker writer Adam Clark Estes learned in his  article: My Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological Condition. Here are a short excerpt:

A cursory search for “occipital neuralgia smartphones” will bring up a recent report from the Sioux City Journal that warns of the strain our handheld devices put on our necks. One journal article cited in the article explains how tilting your head forward 60 degrees puts an extra 60 pounds of pressure on the top of your spine and surrounding muscles. This, unsurprisingly, can lead to pain:

My Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological Condition

“People who were voracious readers, they would have these symptoms,” pain specialist Dr. Jeremy Poulsen told the paper. “If those nerves are constantly being impinged by the muscles spasming and pulling, that leads to conditions such as occipital neuralgia—basically it’s headaches that can be miserable.”

So hold your smartphone higher and read the rest of Adam Clark Estes’ article: My Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological Condition.