Cell Phone Elbow.mov

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• Uploaded: 2010-07-02
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seven degrees knx news time at 3 56 well first came nintendo thumb then guitar hero wrist now the latest affliction for the wired age is you ready for this cell phone elbow medically known as cubital tunnel syndrome the symptoms are numbness tingling and pain in the

forearm and hand sound familiar orthopedic surgeon dr john knight is with the disc sports and spine center in marina del rey as i'm sitting here talking to you my elbow is in a bent position holding the fun to my ear and that ergonomically doesn't work for the

ulnar nerve which is a nerve that runs behind your funny bone uh it's the second most common nerve to become uh pinched or trapped in the upper extremities second most common to what many have heard of is carpal tunnel syndrome which occurs at the wrist so

it's kind of like bumping your funny bone there a lot of people bump their funny bone and they get that tingling into the little and ring fingers of the hand so it's that nerve that becomes stretched or with increased pressure as a result of bending the elbow for

prolonged periods of time or bending the elbow repetitively or frequently so that nerve becomes increased swelling around the nerve and it becomes irritated uh and can lead to severe nerve damage over time dr knight has some simple advice for avoiding cell phone elbow like

talking hands-free hands-free alternating and just decreasing the time but most of us are addicted to our pdas or cell phones now and so it's easier said than done but i think if you start getting symptoms you got to look at this quickly

so it doesn't become irreversible if hanging up the phone doesn't work the next step is seeing a doctor usually nerve tester run to determine the severity of it by a neurologist and then first treatment is anti-inflammatory medication therapy in

some cases may be helpful if that doesn't do it then surgery is a last resort so you might want to call the doctor from a landline again if you're holding the phone in that position while you're on a landline it can do the same thing that's why in the office place

it's important to go with a headset for many reasons from the neck to the fingers the less you can hold your arm in that position the better off orthopedic surgeon dr john knight knex news time 358 you