Do Phones Cause Neck Pain? Exploring the Link between Technology Use and Soreness in the Neck and Shoulders.
- Julian Simpson
- Nov 25, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 11, 2024
Do Phones Cause Neck Pain? Exploring the Link between Technology Use and Soreness in the Neck and Shoulders.
Smartphones are the most common portable electronic device in the world. The highest group to use phones are .. University students.
As a result, we have higher musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in the neck
A report said up to 90% of muscle pain and complaints were due to smartphone use.
In Canada for instance, 84% of students who used smartphones experienced muscle pain.
In one study released in 2023 looking into smartphone habits, 91.5% of where the right side dominates, and 92% of people surveyed used their phones every day.
The majority of students used their phones for MORE than 4 hours a day
So what happened to their bodies?
73% had neck or shoulder pain
The most common sites where the neck and the right shoulder
The majority of the participants had pain for around an hour
The most common time of the pain was at night
The pain was mild to moderate with only a small portion having severe pain.
A different study, also released in 2023 found the following
- More pain is associated with use of a phone over 4 hours
- pain increases per hour used on the phone
- the shorter eye-to-screen distance, the more pain
- females were affected more.
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Reference . 2023 Jun 23. doi: 10.3233/WOR-220661. Online ahead of print.
Relationship between musculoskeletal discomfort and cell phone use among young adults: A cross-sectional survey
Syed Muhammad Ashraf Jahangeer Al'Saani 1, Lubna Raza 1, Khunsha Fatima 2, Sehar Khan 1, Mudebbera Fatima 1, Syeda Nimrah Ali 3, Mehreen Amin 1, Maheen Siddiqui 1, Amna Liaquat 1, Fatima Siddiqui 1, Wajeeha Naveed 1, Tahira Naqvi 1, Zainab Bibi 1
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep . 2023 Jun 24. doi: 10.1007/s11910-023-01279-x. Online ahead of print.
The Role of Manual Therapies in the Treatment of Headache Disorders
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