“Text neck” condition affecting increasing number of mobile phone users

“Text neck” – that apparently is a new condition which is increasingly affecting most of the mobile phone users, thanks largely to the time that they spend stooping over their devices to read and send messages!
In the opinion of experts – led by Rachael Lancaster, of Freedom Back Clinics in Leeds -, the “text neck” condition can seemingly be an indication of arthritic damage in the future if it is not treated soon enough.

Since the affliction is caused when the neck is bent for extended periods of time, it is quite possible that, in the most severe of cases, the muscles of the neck may eventually adapt themselves in shape with the flexed position; thus making the proper straightening out of the neck extremely painful.  More Read

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