Although mobile devices have made our lives easier to a large extent, they hide their pitfalls. The list of problems they bring has now been joined by the harmful effect on the spine, which is the result of bending the head when our eyes are glued to the phone or tablet screen. That's when your neck is pressed by a force equal to the weight of six full grocery bags or four bowling balls.
This is not about some conspiracy against the use of mobile devices, just for the study of Dr. Ken Hansraj, an orthopedist and spine surgeon from New York, who measured the impact of a typical slouched posture when reading content on a mobile phone (i.e. bent head and drooping shoulders) on our body.
As it turned out this attitude, so characteristic inclination headers when operating with smart devices- while megabytes are being transferred there- means transferring a lot of extra pressure on the cervical spine, otherwise the main pillar of our body. Average head weight namely in the neutral position it is between 4.5 and 5.5 kg, but when we tilt it forward, its force pressing on the neck increases even up to 27 kg! Which means only one thing. That the more times we burden our head like this, the closer we are to constant pain and surgery.
In fact, the matter is quite alarming because everywhere you look, people have their eyes fixed on a smart device. So the matter is of epidemic proportions.
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Not that we are against technology, the message of this lies elsewhere. Be aware of your posture, as in sitting. And if you are not enough self-disciplined, ask a friend to warn you not to have an unhealthy attitude, otherwise it may happen that we go back down the road evolution of man.
More about the author of the study:
www.drken.us
