Text Neck and Smartphone Syndrome: Why Young Nepalis Are Getting Neck Pain Earlier Than Ever
Tilting your head forward to look at a phone places significantly more load on your neck than holding it upright — and the more your head tilts forward, the greater that load becomes. With smartphone use now averaging several hours a day among Nepali students and young professionals, “text neck” is showing up in patients in their late teens and twenties, an age group that previously rarely complained of chronic neck pain.