How to Avoid Pain Caused by Your Smartphone

Do you have hand pain after scrolling on your phone for too long? How about tingling fingers from holding your phone? Besides the fact that technology tend to make our bodies more stationary, our smartphones can also have a direct link to the pain you’re experiencing in daily life.

In the three videos below, Dr. Marnie Wortman of Iron Physical Therapy Midland Park explains why you may be experiencing these phone pains and easy ways on how to avoid pain caused by your phone:

How to Relieve Pain from Text Neck

When you are constantly looking down at your phone all day, you can get neck pain and upper back pain. Holding your head up to look down at your phone can cause the same amount of pressure as a second grader hanging on your neck! Using your cell phone at eye level and doing some neck pain relief exercises can help lessen the load.

How to Avoid Thumb Pain with Cell Phones

When we text, we tend to use the same thumb over and over again. Over time, your thumb gets tired, weak, and painful from being in the same position on your phone. Using the voice-texting feature on your phone is just one way you can avoid overuse of your thumb while texting!

How to Fix Tingling Fingers From Cell Phones

Talking on the phone for hours can cause you to pinch the ulnar nerve in our arm creating numbness and tingling in your arms and hands, also known as cubital tunnel syndrome. In this video, Dr. Wortman discusses not only how to avoid finger tingling by using a bluetooth headset, but also a a few forearm stretches that can help relieve any pain or discomfort!

How to Relieve Elbow Pain From Cell Phones

Sometimes we can come down with tennis elbow from gripping your phone for a long time. How do we fix elbow pain from using your phone? Forearm stretches can relieve this elbow pain and tools like a PopSocket may help avoid it altogether!