Rebecca Dube, Life Reporter, Globe and Mail

Beyond BlackBerry Thumb

July 15, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Move over, BlackBerry Thumb. The slouched posture of handheld tech device addicts is birthing a slew of new maladies: Think BlackBerry Neck, BlackBerry Back, even BlackBerry Belly.

“You squint, you hunch, it kills the posture,” says physiotherapist Angela Growse, who says about 10 per cent of her downtown Toronto clients suffer from BlackBerry-related aches and pains.

The typical CrackBerry pose–neck craning forward and down, shoulders rounded, elbows bent, thumbs madly typing–can strain the entire upper body, experts say, from eyes to fingertips.

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