The Link Between Texting and Back Pain

I now commonly walk into my treatment rooms and I see patients sittiing in the text neck position. Studies have shown that each 10 degrees of forward flexion puts another 10 pounds of stress on the cervical spine...so 60 degrees of flexion can create 60 extra pounds of stress on the neck. Many patients disorders I treat are due to long term low level stress such as this and not specific traumas or incidents.
Best practice is to keep screen as much as possible at eye level and change postions at least every 15 minutes.
Do you sometimes find yourself in the text neck position?

The Link Between Texting and Back Pain