Earlier this year, a patient came to physical therapist Theresa Marko complaining of neck pain. Marko, who is based in New York City, began the appointment as usual, asking a series of questions about ...
One search of “text neck” or “tech neck” online, and you’ll find no shortage of warnings. The idea is simple: hours of looking down at our phones are causing an increase in neck pain, with some ...
Every morning you wake up with that familiar ache in your neck and shoulders, a dull throb that’s become as routine as your morning coffee. Throughout the day, you catch yourself rolling your ...
Never mind that mobile phones have wreaked havoc in traffic and produced a generation of westerners who can't endure a moment alone. Now, the devices have generated their own disability: "Text Neck." ...
Never mind that mobile phones have wreaked havoc in traffic and produced a generation of people who can't endure a moment alone. Now, the devices have generated their own disability: "Text Neck." The ...
DULUTH – Texting can be a pain in the neck. “Those neck muscles, they don’t just quit and let your head drop,” said Dr. Edward Martinson of St. Luke’s Physical Medicine and Rehab Associates. “(The ...
At just seven years old, Ferris Rosson is in rehab for his neck. "Whenever I'm looking down, my neck starts to hurt," he said. The injury came from playing video games on his tablet, but it can also ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Our electronic world is creating a lifetime of patients for orthopedic doctors and optometrists. They even have a name for it called text neck. How much damage are we doing to ...
LAKE PARK, Fla. — That nagging headache or neck strain may be tied to your phone and the position you use it. Two South Florida natives and doctors — Joseph and Karina Taylor — opened the doors of the ...
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — For athletes turning out for fall sports this week, that pain in the neck or shoulder could be related to an off-the-field activity. "I have never seen so many kids with neck pain ...