With the increasing use of smartphones for everything, many people are already worrying about their posture when using their cell phones, as they already feel pains on the neck and cervical spine after a while with the device in hand. Therefore, it is very important to be extra careful when exploring the tool so that these pains and discomforts do not get worse over time and end up causing irreparable damage.
Attention to posture, huh?
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Cell phone is the villain: bad posture causes serious damage to the body
Have you ever stopped to think about the risks of using your cell phone anyway and anywhere? See how to avoid pain and discomfort in the neck and cervical spine.
- Posture when calling
The way we normally make voice calls with the mobile device can potentiate skeletal muscle problems. There is already a huge group of studies that relate pain and body dysfunction with the wrong posture while using the cell phone. Worrying, right?
When talking on the cell phone and supporting it on just one side of the body, for example, we are wearing down a joint for a long time. In the long term, these joints will suffer greater wear, which will make repair processes more difficult. Therefore, degeneration will be inevitable.
- more than hands
When you use your smartphone, you're not just using your hands! Pay attention to how the elbows, neck and muscles are also involved in this action. When leaning over using your cell phone the wrong way, for example, the weight of your head and your back muscles neck falls precisely on the cervical spine, causing pain and discomfort that will be felt posteriorly.
Sometimes, there are also reports of pain in the fingers, neck and even waist because of poor posture. Pay attention to this, as they can be signs of degenerative changes in the spine that are felt in the long term.
- Take care of your body when using your cell phone
The solution to this problem is not to stop using your cell phone, but to use it correctly. Knowing that there are many muscles and joints involved when the tool is in hand, seek to maintain good posture and strengthen the musculature of the shoulders, neck and back. Have good ergonomics and stretch periodically.