The approximate weight of a human head is about 5.5kg and when its bent over at an angle, as in the case of texting on your phone, making your spine work extra hard to keep up with this weight, it can weigh up to 28kg. This shifts your head out of the centre of gravity of your body, making your head's weight feel much heavier. The shift, in turn, puts stress on your neck or cervical spine. The average human (average age 30) sends at least 3,000 texts per month and spends roughly 2-4 hours daily bending over their phones, making the ‘text neck’ problem worse. This can potentially lead to pinched nerves, herniated discs, headaches, and sharp pains in severe cases. It is advisable to try as much as possible to avoid your phone or do one or more of the following activities to help improve your situation Talk, don't type You could always avoid texting and opt to use voice recognition to type out the words for you. Avoid ‘text neck’ by maximising on Siri. The best way to use such … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Text Neck