Mobile Phone Text Neck and How to Prevent It – Allamuchy, NJ

This blog post is another in Allamuchy’s Village Family Clinic’s
commitment to public education and the promotion of sound spine and
neck health. Last week we asked “What can you do today to give you the
best chance to delay (if not outright avoid) age-related back and neck
problems”? In the past we have talked about nonsurgical spinal decompression
as a way to repair some of the damage that may have accumulated during
those years that you may not have taken such good care of your neck or
spine. Today (along with the help of our friends at “spine-health.com”)
we continue by educating the millions of people suffering mobile phone
use-related neck pain.

Most people who suffer from a sore or stiff neck after having
seemingly done nothing wrong simply conclude that they “slept wrong”.
Few give pause to consider their use of the mobile phone as a potential
source of the newfound discomfort. If you’re like most people, you
probably spend a little too much time hunched over a smartphone or other
mobile devices, doing everything from socializing with friends to
setting up important meetings. Unfortunately, this overuse can put your
neck at an increased risk for poor posture and a painful condition
commonly called “text neck.”

In our practice I am noticing this more and more in teenagers and
young people. I would guess that we are currently seeing more people
under the age of 25 than I did in my first 5 years of practice combined.
This is also the first generation that has had access to smartphones
during the extremely important growth years from early puberty to
adulthood.

If you have text neck or have noticed more neck pain after using mobile devices, here are some tips to treat it.