This month’s message from Dr. Werner covers neck pain resulting from texting. Do you have “Text neck”? Text neck was first recognized less than a decade ago, this is a common term for people suffering with neck and upper back pain and muscle spasms from overuse of cell phones. People spend hours a day perusing […]
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Are You a Texter? Did you know that poor posture from text messaging can cause spine problems and neck pain? ‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’ and could wreck your spine writes Lindsey Bever of the Washington Post. “The human head weighs about a dozen pounds. But as the neck bends forward and down, the […]
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