{"id":13073,"date":"2024-01-24T11:37:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/do-you-have-text-neck-how-phones-are-affecting-us-physically\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:37:59","slug":"do-you-have-text-neck-how-phones-are-affecting-us-physically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/do-you-have-text-neck-how-phones-are-affecting-us-physically\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say they frequently see people in pain from smartphone use. Here\u2019s how to avoid common problems<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/dec\/14\/sign-up-to-reclaim-your-brain-our-free-email-to-help-you-scroll-less-and-live-more\">Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a patient came to physical therapist Theresa Marko complaining of neck pain. Marko, who is based in New York City, began the appointment as usual, asking a series of questions about her lifestyle, habits and posture. Soon, a likely culprit emerged: the woman\u2019s cellphone.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who Marko declined to name for privacy reasons, said she typically placed her phone, or her tablet, on her lap and looked down while using it. \u201cThat\u2019s going to cause a big strain to your neck because you\u2019re very, very flexed forward,\u201d said Marko.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2024\/jan\/24\/text-neck-phones-physical-health\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cbcc98403a991de74f7d26a7692394dd348f50d3\/0_98_5200_3120\/master\/5200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d3713f0be8aee5afaca23e96be9f5bae\" title=\"Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically\" \/>Experts say they frequently see people in pain from smartphone use. Here\u2019s how to avoid common problems<br \/>\n\u2022 Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone<br \/>\nEarlier this year, a patient came to physical therapist Theresa Marko complaining of neck pain. Marko, who is based in New York City, began the appointment as usual, asking a series of questions about her lifestyle, habits and posture. Soon, a likely culprit emerged: the woman\u2019s cellphone.<br \/>\nThe woman, who Marko declined to name for privacy reasons, said she typically placed her phone, or her tablet, on her lap and looked down while using it. \u201cThat\u2019s going to cause a big strain to your neck because you\u2019re very, very flexed forward,\u201d said Marko. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say they frequently see people in pain from smartphone use. Here\u2019s how to avoid common problems \u2022 Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone Earlier this year, a patient came to physical therapist Theresa Marko complaining of neck pain. Marko, who is based in New &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/do-you-have-text-neck-how-phones-are-affecting-us-physically\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}