I don’t know about you, but I have become used to constantly looking down at my phone, iPad or computer, but not as much as my teenage and young adult children. Sometimes I have to ask them the same question 3-4 times until they hear me. You can see a table of adults and kids out to eat at a restaurant, where everyone is looking down at their phone!
You may think that what I am getting at here is the antisocial aspects of social media absorption. That, however, is a side issue. Something far more dramatic and physically damaging is occurring to young people, like this 14-year-old girl in the video you are about to watch below.
It is called “Text-Neck”. Doctors have found that excessive looking down at tech devices is causing pain in the neck, that usually doesn’t occur until middle or old age! Not only are really young people experiencing this pain, but when x-rayed their spines show “reverse curve spinal damage!”
This damage turned up on 14-year-old Sarah Aitchison’s x-ray. You will see her meeting with Dr. Chad Cotter who speaks about the alarming number of high school students he is seeing with generalized neck pain, migraines, tension across shoulders and even numbness and tingling down their arms.
Watch the footage below to hear further discussion of this syndrome, it’s treatment and what lack of treatment will result in. Not only young people, but all of us need to be aware of what this posture can do in affecting premature aging of the spine.
Believe it or not there is actually an App that can be utilized to warn you when you have been in “Text-Neck” position for too long!
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