13/03/2025
Pictures like this is fear mongering nonsense.
“Text neck” is a made-up diagnosis that exaggerates the effects of looking down at a phone. There’s no solid evidence that it causes long-term damage or significant spinal issues. People have been looking down at books, newspapers, and their hands for centuries without widespread neck problems. Pain is multifactorial, and blaming it solely on posture is outdated thinking.
The first position in the image is completely unnatural—nobody looks at their phone like that for any significant amount of time. Try it for a few minutes, and you’ll feel the strain in your shoulders and arms. The second image is how people actually use their phones, and the idea that it’s inherently harmful is nonsense. The real issue isn’t looking down at your phone—it’s lack of movement. Blaming neck pain on this so-called “text neck” is just another example of fear-mongering around posture.
Oh, come on—our necks are not made of spaghetti. They’re strong, adaptable, and built to handle all sorts of positions, including looking down. People have been looking down for as long as we’ve existed—at books, at their hands, at their food—without their heads suddenly falling off. But now, because phones have been around for a few decades, suddenly, it’s a catastrophe? Give me a break. This whole “text neck” nonsense is just another scare tactic, making people afraid of using their bodies in completely normal ways. Don’t fall for it. Keep moving, stay active, and for the love of all things sane, don’t let pictures like this trick you into thinking your spine is some fragile mess that needs constant protection. That’s all and that’s it.
