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July 21, 2009
In Today's Issue
- Overweight? Shocking Proof that it may not be your fault
- How To Text Without Risking Thumb, Arm, Neck Pain
- WARNING: The truth about Moles, Warts and Skintags...
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How To Text Without Risking Thumb, Arm, Neck Pain
Dear Reader,
Like it or not… understand it or not, texting has become part of
our world.
Where once a cell phone was just a way to talk on the run, now these
everyday essentials come with keyboards that let you tap out a text
message with surprising speed.
And while texters are enchanted by the smart new way to stay in touch,
research out of Sweden shows that a hunched posture and using a single
thumb to tap away on those insanely small keypads might be bringing
on pain in the hand, arm and neck.
Our hand held devices are associated with a variety of stress and
nerve compression problems.
When too much stress is placed on a part
of the body (bringing pain, swelling, tissue damage or muscle strain)
over a long period of time, repetitive stress injuries are the result.
Remember "Blackberry thumb", cell phone elbow (known to medicine
as cubital tunnel syndrome) and Guitar Hero wrist (tendonitis of the
wrist)?
In the worst of cases, excessive wear and tear, plus long term inflammation
of the joints can lead to arthritis. This can cause pain in the affected
area and swelling as well as less strength and impaired range of motion.
According to the Swedish researchers, it's not just your thumb that
can have problems, but even your neck and back can be affected.
The team of researchers looked at the texting technique of 56 young
adults, evaluating muscular electrical activity and thumb movements
using an electrogoniometer, an electrical device that measures flexibility.
Half the group was complaining of pain in the neck, arm or hand, while
the other half had no such symptoms.
The team found that those who hunch over as they text, or typed using
only one thumb had an increased risk of pain, compared to those who
sat up straighter and used more than one finger.
"Considering how much we use the small mobile phone keypads,
it is important that we learn how they affect our bodies," explains
study author Ewa Gustafsson, an ergonomist at The Sahlgrenska Academy
in Sweden. "We need to identify factors related to mobile-phone
usage that may affect our health and ability to work."
Repetitive stress injuries like these might take years to show up.
So while doctors aren't seeing many patients complaining of texting-related
injuries yet, that could change… especially as employers are
asking for more and more in less time, and we're all becoming used
to being hyper-connected at every hour of the day.
With estimates suggesting 82 million people worldwide are texting
regularly, it's important to do all you can to keep yourself pain free…
- Don't sit in the same position for hours on end. Get up every half
hour and take a break… stretch or walk about.
- Watch your posture. At your desk your monitor should be at
eye level, both arms and knees should be bent at a 90-degree angle
with your feet resting on the floor.
- Don't hunch while texting - instead rest the mobile device
on a flat surface like a table or desk and lean against the back of
a chair to see the keyboard.
Continues below...
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How To Text Without Risking Thumb, Arm, Neck Pain continued...
- Use both thumbs.
- Be active - those with good circulation will feel better than those with
poorer circulation.
- If you get sore stop texting and take an anti-inflammatory medication and
a break from the conversation.
Texting certainly isn't going away, but by following these few helpful suggestions
you can send those messages on without doing damage to your body. As for your
spelling skills… well that's another article.
To your good health,
Kirsten Whittaker
Daily Health Bulletin Editor
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Sources:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/07/06/hscout
628563.html?feed=rss_forbeslife_health
Press release on work:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uog-htt062309.php
Harvard RSI Action with info for those with repetitive stress injuries:
http://www.rsi.deas.harvard.edu/preventing.html
News release from the University of Gothenburg, The Sahlgrenska Academy:
http://www.sahlgrenska.gu.se/english/news_and_events/
news/News_Detail/?languageId=100001&contentId=884788
Texting details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging
Text messaging shorthand and acronyms:
http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
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