07/11/2024

You're Holding Your Phone Wrong

Try these tips to minimize hand, eye and brain problems

When people warn about the dangers of screen time, they are usually thinking about its impact on mental health or interpersonal relationships.

What about the physical issues that come with clasping a metal rectangle in your hand for hours at a time? Or holding it close to your face so you can make out your poorly lit streaming TV shows clearly?

There are so many ways a phone can impact your health, beyond toxic content, that smartphone makers are building in tools to help counteract it. Before you get carpal tunnel syndrome, a case of eyestrain or another migraine, try some small changes.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.