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Text Neck: Is Your Smartphone Destroying your Spine?

“Text Neck” is a real thing. Your smartphones and tabs put THREE times as much strain on your neck as desktop PCs

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So what’s your body position while you’re reading this?

Are you slumping in your chair or hunched over with your neck sticking out like a turtle? Chances are your neck and shoulders feel sore.

Don’t just dismiss it as everyday fatigue. Doctor’s say that 80% office-goers are complaining of a neck or back ache. And there is a name for it : Text Neck or the iPad Neck.

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