Hand Pain due to Frequent Playing Gadgets? Here are 7 Tips to Overcome It

KOMPAS.com – The increasing activity of using gadgets while working or studying from home brings health risks.

The risk is pain and injuries, which can occur if you handle, type, and support your device for too long.

Launch Heathline, Monday (11/3/2019), rehabilitation expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Renee Enriquez said, people do not realize the risk of injury caused by this habit.

Even though there is a close relationship between symptoms and the length of time using the device or device.

“Elbows that support when selfie, thumbs that send messages repeatedly, neck tense when writing text, and ‘Nintenditus’ is colloquial language describing excessive musculoskeletal injuries associated with increased use of modern technology, including on smartphones, tablets and video games, “said Enriquez.

With continued use of the device, medical professionals are seeing more and more patients with repetitive stress injuries, such as the thumb texting and the elbow straining to support selfies.

So, how do you deal with these pain symptoms?

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Tips for dealing with muscle tension

Launch Huffpost, there are 7 ways or stretches to overcome muscle tension when using the device for a long time.

Stretching tips presented by New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center therapist Eugenia Papadopoulos.

You can do these steps at home if any part of your body starts to feel sore, namely:

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