I found this picture and article in the daily Mail and it's something I see so often, especially in the younger generations, that I wanted to highlight the issue. It's not just from mobile phones, but the hours children spend on their gadgets - game stations, phones, gameboys etc
Do you spend hours hunched over your phone, checking texts, tweets and emails?
Do you also suffer from neck and back pain?
If so, the two may well be related.
New research has found that slumping to read a text or study a selfie can put undue pressure on the neck, leading to a sore back.
This is because bending the neck increases the pressure put on the spine.
Bending the head at a 60 degree angle to look at a phone screen puts 60 lbs – or 27kg – worth of pressure on the cervical spine, the part of the spine above the shoulders, the study found.
At more than four stone in weight, that is heavier than the average seven year old.
The extra pressure put on the neck leads to early wear and tear and the person may eventually need surgery, experts said.
Pilates can help enormously as not only will it help to strengthen the muscles of the shoulders and spine, but will show you how to correct your posture. No one is asking you not to text - just to hold the correct posture whilst doing so.