Neck Holding Charges 4 Times More Weight When SMS's

News Health Articles - Neck Holding Charges 4 Times More Weight When SMS's. Smart phone users often experience neck pain when looking down for too long, either to send SMS or status updates on social networking. Position than when upright, weight-bearing neck 4 times more weight when bent.

"The weight of the human head an average of 4.5 kg to 5.4 kg. In the upright position with the neck can hold it very efficient, but it weighs so 4-fold when down," said Tim Hutchful of the British Chiropractic Association, as quoted from Nydailynews, Tuesday (12/06/2011).



In the upright position, Hutchful says that the neck is able to distribute the load from the head evenly. That burden is distributed vertically from the base of the ear, down to the shoulders, hips, thighs and calf bone to the ankle.

But as she looked at the phone screen is small, the position of the neck and head inclined down so that the load distribution is no longer equitable. As a result the burden of ditanggun neck to 4 times heavier, and its impact is increasing pressure on the general framework of the body.

One of the effects of increased pressure is 'text neck' or neck pain due to too often send SMS. Constant pressure on the cervical spine in the short term can lead to pain or soreness, and may continue to be bone deformity or change in shape of the neck.

Based on the cause, text neck classed as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) or injuries caused by repetitive stress. In addition to text neck, another form of RSI is often experienced by users of smart phones is 'text thumb injury' or thumb injury because too often send SMS.

"Human thumb is not designed to do just that (SMS too often). The size of today's mobile phones are too small, so does the size of the button. My patient could not even move your wrist because this kind of injury," says Sammy Margo of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.