| | August 20188ext neck is a Modern age term coined to describe repeated stress injury and pain in the neck resulting from excessive watching or texting on hand held devices over a sustained period of time. It is also often known as Turtle Neck posture. It is a cause for increasing concern especially with children given their greater propensity to mobile phone usage. Recent figures have shown that around 87 percent of teenagers (14-18 years) in U.S. and 79 percent teenagers (12-15 years) in UK own and use Smartphone. Among adults 92 percent and 95 percent (18-34 years) reported owing a Smartphone in U.S. and Australia, respectively.The term `Text Neck' was coined by Dr. DL Fishman, a U.S. chiropractor. This condition is a growing lifestyle and health condition with the constant growth in mobile user population all over the world. Apart from neck pain, it can also cause shoulder pain, upper back pain, headaches and increased thoracic kyphosis.Symptoms of Text Neck: Text neck most commonly causes neck pain and soreness. Flexing the head forward to use a Smartphone affects the spine directly. Tilting the head forward to 15 degrees places about 27 pounds of force on the neck. This increases to 40 pounds at 30 degrees, 49 pounds at 45 degrees and 60 pounds at 60 de-grees. Damage caused by untreated TEXT NECK: SYMPTOMS & WAYS TO MANAGE ITBy Dr. Shreyash Gajjar, Consultant & Unit Head - Arthroscopy & Sports Orthopaedics, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani HospitalLocated in Mumbai, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is one of India's leading multispecialty healthcare and tertiary care hospital offering treatments across diverse medical segments such as Cardiac Science, Robotics Surgery, Cosmetology, Neurosciences, and many others.TIN MY OPINION
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