Contents:
- Medical Video: Mobile Phone Wrist Pain / Smartphone Thumb
- Thumbs hurt because most play smartphones
- What can be done to avoid thumb smartphone?
Medical Video: Mobile Phone Wrist Pain / Smartphone Thumb
How many hours do you spend to 'touch' with smartphone everyday? Just like smoking, holding habits smartphone and using it excessively can damage health in secret. Recently a study found a 'new disease' that caused the fingers to hurt due to the use of a smartphone called thumb smartphone.
Thumbs hurt because most play smartphones
Mobile addiction not only interferes with sleep, but also relates to the type of muscle injury that was previously only experienced by factory workers. Pain caused repetitive strain injuries (RSI) or muscle and nerve injury due to this repetitive strain now has a new designation. The researchers call it the name thumb smartphone.
The scientific name of this injury is actually tendinitis. This condition occurs when the tendon bends and flexes, the thumb becomes inflamed and causes pain to your finger. According to doctors, more and more people are complaining about sore fingers, especially on the thumb. Actually, this is not surprising considering that cellphone users are increasing, they are also spending more and more time with cellphones.
Dr. Kristin Zhao, a biomedical researcher at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, explained what actually happened in the hands to cause the condition thumb smartphone. One guess is that the joints are loose and sagging, and therefore the movement of bones becomes different from when they are in a normal state and is very likely to cause finger pain.
Zhao and the team learned thumb smartphone for the past seven years. They explained that the movement you made while holding the cellphone forced the thumb to move in a strange position.
The movement requires force on the thumb. The researchers used the technique dynamic imaging to observe the bone condition of a healthy patient. So that later can be compared with normal bone conditions that are not normal. Abnormal movement of bones in the thumb can cause pain and end in osteoarthritis.
Is it true that too often you use your thumb when playing smartphone increase the number of cases of arthritis in the thumb? According to Zhao, the rate of osteoarthritis in the thumb is indeed high, and this is certainly caused by your daily bad habits.
What can be done to avoid thumb smartphone?
If you don't want your fingers to hurt, start by giving your thumbs a break. Change the method of using fingers when using a cellphone. For example using a finger, or feature voice message to dictate messages.
Besides that, stretch regularly. Especially for the wrist and fingers. This will help relax the muscles. Think about how often you force your joints to work, and how much time you give your fingers to rest.
The researchers advise you to use stylus rather than fingers. This can give your thumb a chance to rest. If your smartphone is not equipped stylus, You can hold the cellphone alternately, sometimes in the right hand, sometimes in the left hand. Thus the pressure can be evenly distributed in both hands.
Another way you can try is to put the cellphone on the table, then use it with your fingers. So you divide the task of sending messages evenly to all fingers except the thumb. The case of osteoarthritis in the thumb is more common in women than men. If you feel a sore finger for a long time, it's good to see a doctor immediately.
