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Rising Smartphone Use Leading To So-Called 'Text Neck'

98FM
98FM

03:12 23 May 2016


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Smartphone addiction is causing more and more people to suffer from back and neck pain with specialists calling the condition 'Text Neck'.

Too much time stooped over your tablet or your iphone can cause back and neck strain along with headaches.

Sending a text is particularly bad for your neck because of the way we tilt our heads.

Doctors say people should always try to use their phone at eye level and put their tablets on a stand if watching something for any length of time.

70 per cent of Irish people use smart phones now compared to only 39 per cent in 2012.

 


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