If You Keep Texting, Your Head Will Fall Off

James Hamblin, The Atlantic: Health
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:00pm

"It is an epidemic. Or, at least, it's very common," New York-based spine surgeon Kenneth Hansraj told The Washington Post last week. He was referring to something that is being called "text neck," a purported condition of the spine related to the posture of bending forward to look at a phone.

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