Friday, October 9, 2009

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Cell phones may be hazardous to your elbows
Cell phones have been accused causing many ailments: but here's another one: "cell phone elbow". ABC reports.


With so many of us using our cell phones so often, more and more people are developing what is known as "cell phone elbow."

Dr. Peter Evans, the director of the Hand and Upper Extremity Center at Cleveland Clinic, coined the phrase after so many people came into his office with the same complaint.

"The people complain mostly about the fingers going to sleep but then again they often will have the problem with the elbow, and it's more pain," Evans says.

The term "cell phone elbow" really refers to "cubital tunnel syndrome" or compression of the ulna nerve at the elbow.

It's not just how long you're on the phone that causes it, but also the way you hold the phone to your ear.

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