UK Teens Are Text Machines
If there is one pure vice in life, it’s writing posts about texts and texting. The word ‘text’ sounds a bit like ’sex,’ allowing for plenty of slightly crude puns and much hilarity!
So when an treasure trove like physiotherapists giving advice to the youth on how to avoid Text Message Injury, it is a topic which cannot go unblogged about. Plus, more stats!
A study conducted by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy showed that more than 33 percent send an average of over 20 texts daily, despite 16 percent experiencing discomfort in their hands. Some experience pain in other parts of their body from just too much texting. True story.
Brownwyn Clifford is a physio as well as CSP representative, and talks of the perils of being a text maniac: “Too much texting can result in pain and swelling of the tendons at the base of the thumb and wrist…keep messages short and use abbreviations and the predictive text functions on your phone. Try to restrict text sessions to 5-10 minutes, and avoid holding [the phone] if you are not using it…as this will help prevent muscle fatigue from continuous grasping.”
Can only concur with the problems of muscle fatigue from excessive grasping. Bronwyn, you are my text pun hero.
The biggest texters were in Scotland, with almost two-thirds sending over the national average of 20 texts a day. Lonely up there though, isn’t it? Surprisingly, Londoners are among the lowest texters with no subject sending more than 20 a day.
Perhaps there are text intimacy issues with the kids in the big city! Ahh, puns.
Source : cellular-news
Tags: SMS
