Does lately you often feel pain in your thumb? If so, maybe you're exposed to new disease that is widely experienced, 'BlackBerry Thumb'.
What is a disease 'BlackBerry Thumb' is? As quoted from the Times of India, is the name given to repetitive strain injury caused by excessive cell phone use when sending email, chat or sms.
"Blackberry or PDAs can cause tendonitis (inflammation or irritation and swelling of the tendons in the shoulder) due to thumb typing on small keypads. The problem is people do the same activity for long periods when the body was not created to do such a thing.This disease can only be felt after long-term use of smartphones, "Christian said Crowe, a therapist, as quoted from usnews.
Margot Miller, president of the American Physical Therapy Association's Occupational Health Special Interest Group added, "Due to very small smartphone keypad and thumb are the most nimble fingers and then added to the custom of sending a message. Then that is what causes the injury. "
Symptoms of 'BlackBerry Thumb' usually is pain or numbness in the thumb and hand joints. Christian Crowe suggested that giving time to rest some time from Blackberry or PDA.
"If you start to feel sick, istirahatkanlah your thumb. Do not try to keep working with your finger if it feels sore and think that the pain was gone immediately aka. There is no harm in taking vacation time, "said Crowe.
Meanwhile, Dr. Charles Leinberry Jr., a specialist hand and wrist at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital menyerankan other things. He recommended more for more use of computer or notebook.
"Try more use of computers. Do not write on your PDA agenda. "
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Source: wolipop
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