What Texting Can Do To Your Spine
Limit Your Texting For A Better Health Excessive use of anything is not good. When it comes to texting, it becomes more important to limit it as it is not good for your overall health. Your spine is at high risk of getting hurt due to constant texting. Your head weighs up to ten to twelve pounds and tilting it to look at your smartphone screen for various uses such as using Facebook, Sending a text or browsing can increase the force of gravitation on the skull. As your head tilts forward the forces experienced by your neck rushes up to 27 pounds at 15 degrees, 40 pounds at 30 degrees, 49 pounds at 45 degrees and 60 pounds at 60 degrees, according to a study in the journal Surgical Technology International 4 full size bowling balls weigh 60 pounds, or 6 grocery bags full of food, or a whole 8 years old kid. Just imagine that is the amount of force we exert on our spine while texting. What Do We Do? A recent research by Nielsen has revealed that Americans use their ...