Doctors have warned that capturing that perfect selfie could put selfie takers at risk of developing "selfie elbow", which is becoming a medical
condition now a days.
Just like tennis elbow or golfer's elbow , an addiction to taking selfies can cause a pain in the primary elbow.
According to Jordan Metzl , a sport medicine physician at hospital for Special Surgery in the US , the problem is overuse.Like carpel tunnel and tendinitis , it the the repetitive nature of the task that causes the aches.If you do something enough times -typing , texting, or taking selfies - it is going to have consequences .
"Basically the interface between technology and human body sometimes causes injuries of 'over -exuberance ."Metzl said .
Explaining the problem, Metzl said, "you put too much stress on the muscles and it irritates the area from where the muscle come off the bone and you get this inflammatory response"
The condition can be treated by taking pain redeliver like Advil or Motrin for the inflammation and putting some ice as well as stretching the muscles .
The condition is an addiction to long list of concerns about the increase in technology, injuries as teens.Gaming , using snap chat ,selfie -taking , texting and tweeting teens are more prone to over use injuries than ever before.
"In recent years , we 've been seeing an increase in carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis from over use in teens ,where 10 to 15 years ago it was mostly scraped knees and falling off a bike." said Charles Kim , a musculoskeletal rehab specialist at Rusk Rehabilitation at New York University Langone Medical Centre.
Kim suggests a selfie stick for the dedicated documenters , which works like an arm extender and takes the pressure off the elbow.
Just like tennis elbow or golfer's elbow , an addiction to taking selfies can cause a pain in the primary elbow.
According to Jordan Metzl , a sport medicine physician at hospital for Special Surgery in the US , the problem is overuse.Like carpel tunnel and tendinitis , it the the repetitive nature of the task that causes the aches.If you do something enough times -typing , texting, or taking selfies - it is going to have consequences .
"Basically the interface between technology and human body sometimes causes injuries of 'over -exuberance ."Metzl said .
Explaining the problem, Metzl said, "you put too much stress on the muscles and it irritates the area from where the muscle come off the bone and you get this inflammatory response"
The condition can be treated by taking pain redeliver like Advil or Motrin for the inflammation and putting some ice as well as stretching the muscles .
The condition is an addiction to long list of concerns about the increase in technology, injuries as teens.Gaming , using snap chat ,selfie -taking , texting and tweeting teens are more prone to over use injuries than ever before.
"In recent years , we 've been seeing an increase in carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis from over use in teens ,where 10 to 15 years ago it was mostly scraped knees and falling off a bike." said Charles Kim , a musculoskeletal rehab specialist at Rusk Rehabilitation at New York University Langone Medical Centre.
Kim suggests a selfie stick for the dedicated documenters , which works like an arm extender and takes the pressure off the elbow.
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