Iphones and screen time can be a good thing if they are being used correctly. Unfortunately majority of them aren't. Personally, I have noticed that time and time again, people become more and more afraid to make face to face encounters with one another. Back, even a few years ago, people would be sitting next to each other in doctors offices or on a train or bus. But, nowadays either everyone is sucked up into their phones, way too scared to say hello to the person next to them. But now, you would be shocked and confused if you go into one of those places and there is no form of electronic entertainment pretty much handed to you.
Not only is it making you significantly more socially awkward but it is also creating long term health problems. Most people think very little about what their phone can be doing to their brain as they are scrolling through their twitter, or their instagram. But there is much more to it than that. According to the FDA, cell phones electromagnetic activity is not affecting our brains or our eyes. But, according to Spine Health, knowledge from veritas, there is something called “Text neck”, something growing rapidly in teens and young adults. It is a problem that is caused by looking down at your cell phone or electronic device for too long. It can cause stabbing pain in the upper back or in neck. Or, constant tightness and discomfort. This can lead to chronic problems due to premature arthritis in the neck. The treatments are not as clear a the prevention. According to Spine Health, 72% of people, ages 18 to 44 keep their cell phones on them with an average of 2 hours without it a day. One of the biggest suggestions to prevent text neck is to hold your phone up to eye level as much as possible. Or there is a better solution. Take a break. Go outside, and look up.
Source.
ucm116282.htm. Accessed 4 12 2017.
blog/modern-spine-ailment-text-neck. Accessed 6 11 2015.
Not only is it making you significantly more socially awkward but it is also creating long term health problems. Most people think very little about what their phone can be doing to their brain as they are scrolling through their twitter, or their instagram. But there is much more to it than that. According to the FDA, cell phones electromagnetic activity is not affecting our brains or our eyes. But, according to Spine Health, knowledge from veritas, there is something called “Text neck”, something growing rapidly in teens and young adults. It is a problem that is caused by looking down at your cell phone or electronic device for too long. It can cause stabbing pain in the upper back or in neck. Or, constant tightness and discomfort. This can lead to chronic problems due to premature arthritis in the neck. The treatments are not as clear a the prevention. According to Spine Health, 72% of people, ages 18 to 44 keep their cell phones on them with an average of 2 hours without it a day. One of the biggest suggestions to prevent text neck is to hold your phone up to eye level as much as possible. Or there is a better solution. Take a break. Go outside, and look up.
Source.
- U.S. Food and Drug. 4 12 2017, www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/
ucm116282.htm. Accessed 4 12 2017.
- Shoshany, Stevan, editor. "A Modern Spine Ailment: Text Neck." Spine-Health,
blog/modern-spine-ailment-text-neck. Accessed 6 11 2015.