So texting still probably isn’t as dangerous as, say, cliff diving. Still, the popular communication pastime is risky in its own way: According to Britain’s Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, texting can lead to pain and swelling of the tendons in the thumb and wrist.
Call it carpal textal syndrome. The society found that as many as one in six 16- to 24-year-olds have suffered “discomfort” while texting (perhaps not too surprising, considering one in three send more than 20 messages a day), and a handful said the discomfort actually radiated farther than the hands, into the shoulders and neck.
“Texting is a great way to communicate,” admitted Bronwyn Clifford, a psychotherapist, “but mobile phones are not ergonomically designed for excessive texting, and they require repetitive movements to operate them.”
(Telegraph.co.uk)
