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OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:51 pm
by *BlackFox
Humans were designed to stand upright. And yet in this modern world, too many of us spend our days with our heads slumped over for a simple reason: we're staring at the tiny screen of a smartphone.
People spend an average of 2 to 4 hours each day with their neck bent at this unnatural angle while shooting off emails or texts. That's 700 to 1,400 hours a year. The success of social media is has led to an epidemic of bad smartphone posture.
The average adult head weighs 10 to 12 pounds when it's in the upright or neutral position. However, because of that pesky thing called physics -- gravitational pull -- the cranium becomes heavier the more you bend your neck. Several times heavier, according to research from Dr. Kenneth Hansraj, chief of spine surgery at New York Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, which will be published in Surgical Technology International.
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Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:48 am
by Tasdik
Worth it.
#gottasextthemall!
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:52 am
by poehalcho
Tasdik wrote:Worth it.
#gottasextthemall!
Why would you sext the mall D:?
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:51 pm
by Tasdik
I knew someone was going to say that. Ha.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:03 am
by [Orphen]
Tasdik wrote:I knew someone was going to say that. Ha.
I knew you would respond saying you knew someone would say that. Ha.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:23 am
by vietxboy911
guilty :o
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:55 am
by I Am Vegeta
lmao bunch of quasimodo fggt out there.
better start doing some deadlift and some squat, this shit will give you a great posture srs.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:25 am
by Love
I noticed my posture was suffering due to the amount of tech I consume. Started paying attention to it and I was back to having awesome posture in 2 weeks. I workout like crazy so the core for good posture was already there though.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:55 am
by Melez
i dunno, i hate using the internet on my phone. the screen is just too small for that kind of stuff imo, and anyway, i use the internet when im home all the time, why would i use it when i go outside? that's my personal rule, when im out, im out. when i return, ill check all my mails and personal messages and notifications and friend requests and news feeds and all that jazz. i dont get it, i dont even wish to see them when im out.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:32 pm
by ShaDeVi
Melez wrote:i dunno, i hate using the internet on my phone. the screen is just too small for that kind of stuff imo, and anyway, i use the internet when im home all the time, why would i use it when i go outside? that's my personal rule, when im out, im out. when i return, ill check all my mails and personal messages and notifications and friend requests and news feeds and all that jazz. i dont get it, i dont even wish to see them when im out.
well if screen is too small you should bent your neck more
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:16 am
by Bartic
Melez wrote:i dunno, i hate using the internet on my phone. the screen is just too small for that kind of stuff imo, and anyway, i use the internet when im home all the time, why would i use it when i go outside? that's my personal rule, when im out, im out. when i return, ill check all my mails and personal messages and notifications and friend requests and news feeds and all that jazz. i dont get it, i dont even wish to see them when im out.
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:07 am
by BuDo
Pointless article...
Re: OMG, you're texting your way to back pain
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:21 pm
by *BlackFox
BuDo wrote:Pointless article...
Pointless it may be... but it's true facts ! xD