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Yowtch! Could your texting habit bench ya?

 
Ever get that sore feeling in your thumbs after a long text convo? Well, that soreness might be a little more serious than you thought. A couple texts here and there shouldn’t hurt, but over a long period of time, repetitive texting can strain muscles leading to tendonitis. This common form of tendonitis is known to most people as “texting thumb.”
 

Texting thumb can usually be cured by letting your injury rest; though, sometimes healing requires physical therapy. But in rarer and super-scary cases, doctors recommend that people with severe texting thumb undergo surgery. Yikes!

 
Texting thumb isn’t the only injury people can get from technology: Carpal Tunnel, a painful condition caused by nerve compression in the wrists, is usually caused by typing for a long time. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome is a similar pain in the elbows.
 
A text can wait but your health can’t. So if you feel a twinge of texting pain or numbness, put your phone down ASAP and give it a break until you feel better.  In the meantime, pick up the phone and make a call, flatter your friends or crush with a surprise note in their locker or make an arrangement to chat old-school as pen pals.
 
What do you think; is physical injury from technology a rising problem? Have you ever had texting thumb or another techno injury? Blog about it, babes.

BY LAUREN IZQUIERDO ON 10/22/2012 4:06:00 PM

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Touch screen is the cure lol

by unicornninja on 11/5/2012 6:33:15 PM

 
 

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by Becca<3's you on 10/29/2012 8:57:27 PM

 
 

This is definatly real. I have it. It first started off with just thumb pain and then wrist pain and now i can feel a schock in my elbow. So text carefully!

by TinaTime on 10/23/2012 10:13:32 PM

 
 

this is ridiculous. People shouldn't be texting or typing so long they have to have surgery. Humans are meant to survive not text all day! That is just horrible that this is even an issue

by Glitterheart16 on 10/22/2012 11:18:40 PM

 
 

I think a physical injury from technology a rising problem. I have never had a texting thumb or another techno injury.

by otter77 on 10/22/2012 8:48:51 PM

 
 

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by WinnieGirlie on 10/22/2012 8:12:36 PM

 
 

hello kitty for president! fwd to you fave article!

by pandasrock292 on 10/22/2012 8:12:01 PM

 
 

This sounds fake. And they said "Put down the phone ASAP" and in the next sentence they said "In the meantime, pick up the phone"!

by Bobalina on 10/22/2012 6:49:49 PM

 
 

omg ikr!!

by IluvFRIENDS725 on 10/22/2012 5:51:06 PM

 
 

I really don't believe in that, they are probably saying that so kids will stop texting. If you think about it when you hold a pencil you are holding it in the same position your thumb is in to text. Its bent and its bent for a much longer time than texting when its like a a few seconds of pushing buttons in that position. i really think this is to scare us out of texting.

by HockeyLuver on 10/22/2012 5:15:17 PM

 
 

omg im scared to text now!

by myfatsquirrel on 10/22/2012 4:46:33 PM

 
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