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Thread started 11/20/14 3:41pm

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‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’

and could wreck your spine'
http://www.washingtonpost...ng_strip_6
20 November 2014
The human head weighs about a dozen pounds. But as the neck bends forward and down, the weight on the cervical spine begins to increase. At a 15-degree angle, this weight is about 27 pounds, at 30 degrees it’s 40 pounds, at 45 degrees it’s 49 pounds, and at 60 degrees it’s 60 pounds.

That’s the burden that comes with staring at a smartphone — the way millions do for hours every day, according to research published by Kenneth Hansraj in the National Library of Medicine. The study will appear next month in Surgical Technology International. Over time, researchers say, this poor posture, sometimes called “text neck,” can lead to early wear-and-tear on the spine, degeneration and even surgery.
read more: http://www.washingtonpost...ng_strip_6
as i read this article i thought about all the people that hover over there smart phones and mobile devices. seems there is little or no realization of the consequences of the damage that is being done to the spine. silent fractures to the neck vertebrae can be the end result.
young people are most at risk as they send mega hours on their devices.
do you do any upper body exercises to counter future neck damage due to hours on your tablets or android devices?
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Reply #1 posted 11/20/14 4:10pm

RodeoSchro

These kids are going to go from neck issues to humpbacks.

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Reply #2 posted 11/20/14 5:54pm

XxAxX

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ouch! anther reason why i'm glad i never embraced texting. (but mainly because i'm an old fart, those teensy little letters piss me off, and i can't be arsed lol )

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Reply #3 posted 11/21/14 5:58am

Empress

It's so stupid. The chronic texters are just a bunch of drones. Who gives a rats ass where you are, what you're eating or what you're watching on tv tonight? Blah, blah, blah! mad
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Reply #4 posted 11/21/14 7:05am

Shyra

XxAxX said:

ouch! anther reason why i'm glad i never embraced texting. (but mainly because i'm an old fart, those teensy little letters piss me off, and i can't be arsed lol )

See. I'm the same way. If I have something to say to you, I pick up the phone and call or send an email. I just don't understand the concept of texting. The time it takes to type out the message, you could say the same thing in less time. It amazes me when I go into Chipotle. The line is 20 deep and every mofo in line has their head bowed looking at their damn phones. EVERy LASt ONE OF ThEM! Yep, in 20 years you're gonna see a bundh of middle aged gimps walking around with crooked necks and humped backs. rolleyes

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Reply #5 posted 11/22/14 5:00am

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giggle i still have my flip phone, same one from 2004, and look! now they're so retro they're making a comeback falloff

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/tech/mobile/hip-flip-phones/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

Flip phones are hip again

Doug Gross, CNN

Is it hip to be flip? The flip phone, an icon of the late '90s and early 2000s, appears to be making a comeback among celebrities, hipsters and millennials. Here's a look at the piece of throwback mobile tech during its heyday.Is it hip to be flip? The flip phone, an icon of the late '90s and early 2000s, appears to be making a comeback among celebrities, hipsters and millennials. Here's a look at the piece of throwback mobile tech during its heyday.

(CNN) -- Hipsters, rejoice. Next time you ride your fixed-gear bicycleto the the thrift store, where you find a vintage, grease-stained m...ic's shirt that matches your Rollie Fingers mustache andGrizzly Adams beard, there's an edgy, if technologically sub-optimal, way to tell your friends about it.

Use a flip phone.

In an age of the iPhone 6 Plus and massive Android phablets, flip phones are inexplicably making a comeback.

No less an arbiter of cool than Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour has apparently dumped her iPhone in favor of a flipper. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, actress Kate Beckinsale and even Rihanna are just a few of the celebrities spotted proudly brandishing the famous piece of paleo-technology.

And, believe it or not, "dumb phones" aren't exactly the elusive unicorn that some of us think they are.

As of January, 56% of American adults owned smartphones, compared to a total of 90% who had a cellphone of some kind,according to the Pew Rese...t Project. Among millennials age 18-29, an overwhelming 83% of those who owned cellphones had a smartphone, but that leaves the other 17% who keep their mobile life more basic.

The hinged, snap-shut "flipper" form factor was originally introduced to the public in 1982 by laptop manufacturer GriD with its Compass computer.

Motorola, perhaps the king of flip phones with its Razr line, introduced the clamshell style in 1996 with its StarTAC phone (which, appropriately enough, was re-released for nostalgi...es in 2010).

Is this really all about going for retro, hipster street cred? There is, at times, a mystifying aspect of "cool" that centers around eschewing modern convenience for vintage ... well ... inconvenience.

Writing on typewriters? Check. Racing high-wheel bicycles from the 1880s? Yes. Playing baseball with the rules and equipment of the 1860s? Absolutely.

But there are obviously some more practical reasons some people, including millennials, go flip.

For some, it's about simplifying and uncluttering in a 24/7 plugged-in society.

"It just seemed like it would be better for my addled brain than a smartphone," 26-year-old Angelica Baker, a tutor and writer, told TIME. "Personally I'm too scattered and unfocused to handle email and Facebook on my phone."

Baker swapped out her Droid for her mom's retired flip phone, a pink Motorola Razr.

No one has to worry about the iCloud being hacked when they use a flip phone. There's little to no eye and neck strain. No fear ofFlappy Bird addiction.

And, let's be honest ... there's something satisfying about a switchblade-like phone flip after an annoying phone conversation that even the most emphatic tap of a touchscreen will never approach.

Maybe the hipsters are onto something after all. Though we'll still pass on the bushy beards.

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Reply #6 posted 11/22/14 5:11am

MoBettaBliss


seems like everyone wants me to text them these days.. i find naked face timing so much more natural and organic, but they're just not having it shrug

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Reply #7 posted 11/22/14 9:47am

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I only recently started texting... now I'm a text monster. But because of this report, I will be aware of how I posture myself. I do try to limit myself staring at the smart phone anyway, not good for the eyes. Plus, I only text for a reason, to communicate and make appointments with friends and stuff, it's much more convenient than talking on the phone and saying a whole bunch of stuff but forgetting to say what you called to say. shrug

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Reply #8 posted 11/22/14 11:56am

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^ i get that. when i'm visiting them in portland, i text my younger brother and his family beause that's what they do. it's convenient. a nice combination of e-mail and realtime phone. but, although i'm tempted to get a really upgraded phone with great capabilities, i'm agraid that if i really gave it my attention might become obsessed with texting, while simultaneously not really having much of real interest to say. i'd likely annoy my friends with all kinds of text blather before i went right back to my old flip phone and phone call ways. shrug it might be generational, since it takes me a while to embrace new tech when the old tech works just fine for me. smile

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Reply #9 posted 11/22/14 11:14pm

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XxAxX said:

^ i get that. when i'm visiting them in portland, i text my younger brother and his family beause that's what they do. it's convenient. a nice combination of e-mail and realtime phone. but, although i'm tempted to get a really upgraded phone with great capabilities, i'm agraid that if i really gave it my attention might become obsessed with texting, while simultaneously not really having much of real interest to say. i'd likely annoy my friends with all kinds of text blather before i went right back to my old flip phone and phone call ways. shrug it might be generational, since it takes me a while to embrace new tech when the old tech works just fine for me. smile

My co-worker does that. She texts stuff like, "I can see you! Betta get workin' or I'm tellin'. lol It's funny. but then sometimes can get annoying when she wants to joke around when I'm busy, off doing something.

I like to think of texting something like orging, but with people I know in real life.

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Reply #10 posted 11/23/14 2:38am

DaveT

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If someone is texting that much they're getting neck ache, they really need to get a life....!

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Reply #11 posted 11/23/14 8:41am

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I'm waiting to see the kids thumbs in 10-20 years. They're going to look like Uma Thurman in that movie..."Cowgirls Get the Blues" (?)

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #12 posted 11/23/14 9:19am

wildgoldenhone
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UncleJam said:

I'm waiting to see the kids thumbs in 10-20 years. They're going to look like Uma Thurman in that movie..."Cowgirls Get the Blues" (?)

There is already a condition for that reported in young kids, not sure if it's called carparal tunnel thumbs or what...






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Reply #13 posted 11/24/14 12:34pm

ZombieKitten

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I solved this problem by not having any friends. Easy!
I'm the mistake you wanna make
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Reply #14 posted 11/24/14 1:34pm

RodeoSchro

UncleJam said:

I'm waiting to see the kids thumbs in 10-20 years. They're going to look like Uma Thurman in that movie..."Cowgirls Get the Blues" (?)


In about 15 years, the richest people in the neighborhood are going to be the doctors that treat carpal tunnel syndrome!

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Reply #15 posted 11/24/14 4:12pm

XxAxX

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ZombieKitten said:

I solved this problem by not having any friends. Easy!

awww. that's not true! you gots us here at the org and besides how could anyone not like you? talented, beautiful and funny. just for starts

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Reply #16 posted 11/25/14 1:35am

ZombieKitten

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XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

I solved this problem by not having any friends. Easy!

awww. that's not true! you gots us here at the org and besides how could anyone not like you? talented, beautiful and funny. just for starts

yes, that may all be true but I never text with any of youse lol

I'm the mistake you wanna make
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