As our use of Smart or Digital Mobile phone has increased in our life so many new medical terms have been assigned or few some new kind of symptoms as 'Smartphone thumb?' 'Selfie elbow? ''Text Neck" ? which has appeared as we do different activities and adopt many positions for quite a long time on our smartphones which takes most time of our day to day working nowadays. 1. Texting thumb, gamer's thumb or smartphone thumb Tendons in the thumb or at the base of the thumb become inflamed because of repetitive use of the thumb when gripping phones or gaming devices.
The symptoms are the pain, swelling or a sticking sensation when the thumb is in motion. The formal diagnosis is known as De Quervain's tenosynovitis or stenosing tenosynovitis. The only way to cure this ailment is to give your thumb a rest, Lickerman said. "Try to remain below the threshold at which your thumbs or fingers…
