Pain in the fingers due to texting and scrolling is a common problem for those who do hours of typing or gaming or scrolling through social media or playing games on the phone. Just a few texts or typing or scrolls are not going to cause these issues but the hours and minutes can add up and gradually build up the stresses on your muscles, ligaments, tendons and other structures of the hand. In this blog lets discuss how you can avoid pain in the hands from texting or scrolling.
It is not possible to avoid texting and scrolling in todays world. However repeated us can lead to inflammation in the joints and tendons, leading to repetitive stress injuries such as trigger thumb, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc or to bigger issues such as arthritis. Here are four simple yet easy tips to help you avoid this pain without locking away your laptop and phone.
Take a break: If your job involves using the keyboard or phone extensively or you have a hobby such as knitting or embroidery or pottery or you are a mom who uses their hands a lot apart from social media or work, then take a break even if it is for a few minutes, every half an hour.
Hand movements: these can be done during your breaks. Our bodies are not meant for static postures or repetitive movements without breaks. These movements can be simply opening and closing your fist, making circles with your wrist - clockwise and anticlockwise. You could do 5 of these in every break/every hour.
Maintain a good posture at your wrist and hands: There are some easy modifications that can be done to your present posture. Watch this video to learn simple and easy hand movements and an easy tip to keep your wrist in a neutral posture (@ 2.55 minutes on the video)
Use voice to text function on your phone: You can speak into your phone instead of typing out your messages. It usually shows up as a little mic button at the bottom of your screen when you are texting or typing. If you are an author or you write blogs you can use voice to text apps such as otter.ai (I don’t get any kickback from them, just an app that I like to use). This will save your hands and fingers from the stresses of typing and free up your time as well.
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