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panchabhut

First it was the risk of repetitive strain injury from texting, then came the questions of brain damage. And now, the latest curse of the wireless age is being described as “mobile phone elbow”.

According to health experts, mobile users who hold the phone to their ear for prolonged periods are at risk of developing the painful condition in their arm. By bending their elbow too tightly, and for too long, they could overextend the ulnar nerve, which runs from the elbow to control our ring and little fingers.

As well as being painful, this can lead to tingling or numbness from the elbow to the fingers.

Sufferers of the condition can find it difficult to perform various tasks, such as opening jars, and may need anti-inflammatory injections or even surgery.

Orthopaedic specialists in the US say they are seeing increasing numbers of patients with the condition.

As for advice to fight the “elbow”, experts suggest mobile users to switch the handset from hand to hand every often.

Dr Peter Evans, director of a hand clinic in Cleveland, US, said that Women tend to get it more, not because they talk longer but because of hormonal fluctuations in their body.

Source:
Times of India

saurav_k

hmm... Interesting. Thanks for the info . But, is this such a serious threat. what are Handsfree equipments for?

I think using headsets is a better advice than to switch hands often

Punch Farce

Hands free bluetooth headsets look so ridiculous. You see
people talking with these and walking it looks like they are
crazy and talking to themselves.

why are people talking on the phone so much? I am willing
to bet that a majority of these conversations are totally
useless chit-chat.

I was in a restaurant the other day and the table next
to ours had a couple. Through out the dinner they were
on their phones talking to thir friends about totally
mundane stuff, annoying everyone around them
and eating at the same time. The did not say
a single word to each other. I was so tempted to grab their
phones and dump it in the sambar bowl ;-)

-F

saurav_k

I agree with everything you said. But Handsfree headsets can just prevent such Mobile Elbow problems.

F22.

lol lol

Punch Farce

yeah, if it was my old stomping grounds in the slums of Madras
I would have done that, but this was a decent place and I
am older and hopefully a bit wiser ;-)

-F

panchabhut

how much older ?????

Punch Farce

that's the other thread ;-)

I told you check Wikipedia for the person in my Avatar for my details ;-)

-F

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