Smartphone pinky, text claw, and other injuries caused by excessive phone use

We use our phones for three hours and 15 minutes a day on average. So perhaps it’s hardly surprising people are reporting a “new” injury on social media and in the news – “smartphone pinky.” People claiming to have the condition report a change in position of their pinky finger or having developed a dent in their little finger, on the middle bone. There hasn’t yet been any research looking into smartphone pinky, so its causes are unclear. But the way we hold our mobile devices is of interest – as the weight of a phone is naturally placed on…

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