Neck

A particularly scathing meme from 2016 showed a Pokemon Go user with an absurdly long neck that a Pokemon was riding on. As it turns out, the artist probably didn't intend for that to be so brutally accurate. The forward tilt of a smartphone user's head causes extra stress to be placed on the top vertebrae, according to a 2014 report by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. We're talking about a lot more pressure.

A model that The Guardian published described the results in detail: The strain increases by 125% when the head is angled down 15 degrees. It is roughly 233% greater at 30°. It is 400% higher with a 60° slant. Surgery may be necessary to alleviate the level of discomfort, numbness, and general dislocation that can result from this. A study indicated that difficulties began to develop for heavy users as early as puberty or even in childhood, according to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

One remedy for this has been to use voice calls rather than text messages more frequently. Of course, holding the phone up to the user's ear might also have some bad impacts, as we saw in entries like #7. There are a few activities that can be utilised to alleviate the consequences for individuals who'd prefer to keep texting. For instance, "chest opening" entails clasping the hands behind the head and pushing the shoulder blades back for ten to twenty seconds. There are numerous yoga poses that are effective remedies as well. However, one could argue that all of this will consume the time that texting on a smartphone saves. Still, it's preferable to discomfort or surgery.