Those who are addicted to their phone, be it engaging in social media, chatting, or playing games, apart from problems with your eyes, you may fall prey to TNS which affects the neck, shoulders, and spine.
Symptoms include :
-Chronic pain in the neck & shoulders.
-Those with a severe case might feel numbness from the neck to the hands or weakness of the arms and hands.
Symptoms may be temporarily alleviated through medication or physical therapy but will return if the patient continues to use their mobile phone excessively.
It affects your posture because while we are using our phone, our head is protruding forward, our shoulders are hunched, and our back is arched, which is a bad posture for the body.
Preventing TNS is possible through adjusting your posture and your behavior while you are using your mobile phone or other electrical devices. You should try to align your neck so it is as straight as possible and don’t hunch your shoulders and arch your back. Try to change your posture every now and then if you are using your phone for long periods of time.
Physical therapy can help relax your muscles & strengthen them through exercise while adjusting your posture will help you maintain an appropriate posture. Medication to treat infection, alleviate pain, and relax your muscles can all help to do away with the pain.
Patients with severe pain, degeneration of the bones or spinal discs, and depression on spinal cord or nerves may have to consider surgery.
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