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INJURIES.
A LONG NIGHT OUT THERE.
FROM COMPUTERS TO CELL PHONES
MILLIONS OF AMERICAN SPEND
SEVERAL HOURS A DAY USING
HANDHELD DEVICES.
WELL, THE TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT,
THE CON WEDNESDAYS ARE CREATING
A NEW HEALTH PHENOMENON.
WE GO TO A LOCAL DOCTOR WHO HAS
NOW COINED A PHRASED CALLED TEXT
NECK.
>> TEXTING IS A NEW WAY OF
TALKING, FOR SOME, IT'S THE BEST
WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
>> YOU CAN TALK SOMETIMESLY BE
TALK TO FIVE PEOPLE AT ONE TIME
INSTEAD OF ON THE PHONE.
>> ALL THAT TEXTING STARTING TO
TAKE ITS TOLL ON HER NECK.
>> WHEN I SLEEP, I WILL HAVE
HEADACHES.
JUST CONSTANT PAIN, CONSTANT
STIFFNESS.
>> DR. DEAN FISHMAN DIAGNOSED
REMEMBER YEAH WITH TEXT NECK,
IT'S A PHRASE HE COINED AFTER
SEEING SEVERAL CASES IN HI
CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE.
INSTEAD OF BEING CURVED FORWARD,
A TEXT NECK IS DRAPED OR EVEN
CONCAVE.
>> HEADACHES, NECK PAIN, ARM
PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN, NUMBNESS,
AND TINGLES INTO THE ARMS.
CONCENTRATION ISSUES, AND UPPER
BACK PAIN.
SHOULDER BLADE PAIN.
>> MORE THAN JUST TEXTING,
FISHMAN SAYS THE CONDITION IS A
RESULT OF CONSTANT USE OF HAND
HELD DEVICES.
>> NEVER GIVEN THEIR BODY A REST
TO GET BACK INTO PROPER POSTURE.
>> IN A MONTH LONG STUDY, DOCTOR
FISHMAN FOUND THAT SIMPLY
CHANGING THE POSITION OF YOUR
HAND HELD CAN MAKE A WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE.
MOVE IT FROM DOWN HERE TO RIGHT
UP HERE.
AND THE DOCTOR SAYS THE PATIENT
COMPLAINTS WERE ELIMINATED
COMPLETELY.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE
THIS.
IT IS JUST A NEW HABIT.
>> PATIENTS ARE ALSO GIVEN A
SERIES OF EXERCISING TO HELP
STRENGTHEN THEIR NECK,
SHOULDERS, ARMS AND UPPER BACK.
>> THE KEY OF ALL OF THE
EXERCISES IS REALLY DROPPING THE
SHOULDER BLADES BACK AND DOWN.
>> CHANGES THE POSITION OF HER
HAND HELD DEVICE, AND DOING THE
EXERCISES EVERY DAY HAS MADE A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
>> I'M BACK TO EXERCISING, DOING
EVERYTHING HOW I WANT.
>> THE KEY IS TAKING CHARGE OF
TECHNOLOGY, INSTEAD OF LETTING
IT TAKE CHARGE OF YOU.
>> AND IF YOU NEED ANY MORE
REASONS TO LIFT UP YOUR HEAD,
MEDICAL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
FORWARD HEAD POT CHURR REDUCES