Welcome new and returning patients: Donna Williams, Michael Cooper, Bob Perkins, Barbara Sandlin, Jessica Simants, Thomas Bross, Sheila Guzman, Mark Dodge, Wendy Tamjidi, Joyce Dickerson, Ocean Watson, Patsy Elam, Joy Owens, Larry Murphy, Stacy Kennemur, Cole Kennemur, Michelle Whitley, Katie Measures, Rita Manning, Adrienne Easter Bunny, Shirley Castor, Cheryl Leech, Anjalique Leopold, Brenna Branson, Sara Hengsteler, Tammy Mueller, Tanya McLerran, Freddie Tinney, James Burnes, Sabrina Pyle, Casey Gibbs, Edward McArthur, Betty Massey, Madison Shreves, Lane Hill, Melvin Tuttle, Ronny Finney, Kenneth Wood, Susan Darter, Stephen Anderson, Damon Craine, Mathew Young, Dorothy Horton, Jacobi Spencer, Mary Cox, Jeannie Mrozek, James Wood, Ida Luke, Doris Mills, Frank Radke, Sandra Waller, Sandra Roe, Judy Hart, Jerry Miller, Kenneth Wood, Charlie Brown, and Dondi Pevytoe. The March newsletter was double tricky with “postpartum” and “Fort Worth food” both misspelled. There were twice as many opportunities to win. Congratulations to Lynn Todd, Mike Gilley, Sunshine Willett, Betty Richey, Janet Hargrove, Mary Nicholson, Jenny Tidwell, and Barbara Sandlin. Who even knew what plantar fasciitis was, let alone knew how to spell it? Well, Bettye Hale, Janet Smith, and Sunshine Willett know how to spell it! And let’s have a shout-out to Betty Richey as an honorable mention for trying so many times. She has such determination! People love their phones. Sixty-eight percent of Americans own smartphones, and 81 percent of those individuals cite text message or social media as their preferred method of communication, according to data from the Pew Research Center. This preference is not without cost. Avid texters will be very familiar with the aching pain known as “text neck,” a condition born from spending hours looking down at your phone. Text neck is more than just a literal pain in the neck; it can potentially wreck your spine. Dr. Kenneth Hansraj, chief of spine surgery at New York Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, led extensive research into the connection between text neck and back pain. Hansraj found it’s all about posture. The average human head weighs between 10–15 pounds — the equivalent of about 2 gallons of milk — and exerts that much weight on your spine when you look straight ahead. This is usually fine. However, when you tilt your head forward and hold it in that position — like you would to look down at your phone — the pressure on your spine dramatically increases. The Cost of a Tweet
When Social Media Causes Lasting Damage
If you tilt your head just 15 degrees, you spine experiences 27 pounds of added pressure. Thirty degrees creates 40 pounds of pressure, and a full 60 degrees — the common posture of people looking down at their phone screen — creates 60 pounds of pressure on your spine. That’s the equivalent of balancing four full-sized bowling balls on your head! Over time, this pressure causes extra wear and tear on the spine, which can require surgery. The damage from “text neck” doesn’t come from texting alone. Daily habits like scrolling down social media in line at the grocery store, or reading an e-book on your tablet during the morning commutte, can put hours of strain on your neck. This doesn’t mean you have to banish you smartphone or tablet! Instead of bending your neck each time you get a text, just look down with your eyes or hold up the screen at eye level. If you’re still experiencing pain in your neck, or want to learn some stretches that can help treat and prevent text neck, give us a call at 814-220- MOSS(6677) . Our physical therapists will be able to determine if text neck is really to blame and help create a customized treatment plan for you!
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