How smartphones stress your neck and could lead to surgery

Here’s a “text” to save you a lot of neck pain. When using your smartphone or tablet, avoid tilting your head for prolonged periods of time. As people around the world use their smartphone and tablet more and more, spine experts are seeing an increase in neck pain complaints. But how bad is it? Well, in the upright or neutral position, the human head weighs about a dozen pounds. As the neck bends forward and down, the weight on the cervical spine begins to increase. At a 15-degree angle,…