How Gadgets Have Finally Changed Our Body Shape

What do you usually do while waiting for a bus or sitting on the subway on your way to the office? If you’re like a lot of people, you’re watching the screen of your smartphone or tablet. Why not? Everyone does it, after all. Our gadgets are closer to us than anything or anyone else. They’re a source of information, communication, and fun. But it’s good to keep in mind that our devotion to our gadgets is bad for the spine.

American scientists have found out that we spend more than 2 hours a day looking at the screens of our smartphones and touch them almost 3000 times. Wooh, think of the germs! Their Australian colleagues went further and did a study on how gadgets influence our health. The results were astonishing…

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TIMESTAMPS:
What’s that strange appendix in the back of the head? ? 0:41
Does it pose a danger? 2:16
What text neck is 3:29
Gadgets are detrimental to your appearance! ? 5:21
How to reduce the harm 6:15
Cool apps for your health 7:18

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SUMMARY:
– 218 people aged 18 to 30 took part in the research. Doctor David Shahar found a small bone appendix in the back of the head of 41% of the participants.
– The results showed that it was mainly young people who had the appendix.
– Doctor Shahar and his colleagues assumed that the extra growth, and damage, was caused by bad posture.
– The average time people spend with their eyes glued to the screen grew by 3 times in only one year, between 2010 and 2011, and it keeps growing.
– Scientists believe that the appendix itself poses no danger, but a spinal curvature does.
– But the more we bend our head forward, the heavier it becomes in relation to the neck.
– There’s even a term referring to the specific slope of neck that appears as a result of it – “text neck”.
– Chronic pressure causes problems, some of which can be solved only by surgeons.
– Long-term stretching and straining leads to an inflammatory process in our tissues.
– Another thing caused by gadgets is less crucial for the health of your neck, but detrimental to your appearance. It’s a double chin, which appears even with young and slim girls and boys.
– Keep your smartphone at the level of your eyes so that your head stays in a vertical position and doesn’t bend.
– Studies also advise using 2 hands and 2 thumbs for texting – it’ll create a more symmetrical and comfortable position for the spine.
– Just to make sure that you don’t forget about your neck, there’s a special app. Try “Neck guard” for Apple and “Posture” for Android.
– While cosmetologists are looking for ways to protect skin from digital ageing, it’s a good idea to support it from inside. Food rich in antioxidants can help a lot!

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