The Cell Phone Epidemic by Stacie L. Sando, DC I hear many jokes these days about outrageous cell phone bills due to over-texting. Mainly parents will come to the office and share about how tier child mad 13,000 texts that month. We laugh but let’s fast forward a few months that same child, who lives on their phone, has now developed headaches and neck pain and maybe he or she has even begun to crack their own neck. The truth of the matter is more and more children are visiting the chiropractor not for wellness but for issued directly related to their cell phone. Why does this affect kids so much and why am I calling it an epidemic? The one thing
we always comment about any child is how much they grow. If the trunk is crooked so grows the tree. If they spend countless hours looking down with their neck bent forward eventually they will develop spinal issues in their neck and upper back. Without intervention chiropractically, it will create spinal issues for life. The scary part is more and more kids are getting cell phones at younger ages.
I ask you to be a silent observer for a few days and look at the posture of the children around you. When they are on the phone, does their head sit directly on top of their shoulders? Do their shoulders roll forward? Do they roll or crack their neck or complain of headaches? If this is the case it is time for a chiropractic intervention. P
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