Truth is stranger...

[jducoeur]

Tonight's medical report on the nightly news was all about the latest forms of RSI: "cell phone elbow" and "Blackberry thumb". And on the one hand, I can see why these are arising, and I sympathize with the sufferers. But on the other, I can't help but feel that, if Mad Magazine or the Onion had written exactly that article, in exactly those words, a few years years ago it would have been considered terribly funny...

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[jducoeur]

It apparently arises (I was only half paying attention) in people who are on their cells so much that the motion of bringing the phone up to their ear and holding it there wears down the nerves passing through the elbow. Causes all sorts of pain throughout the arm and hand. They had a bunch of recommendations, including switching hands holding the cellphone periodically...