{"id":3971,"date":"2012-01-04T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:45","slug":"cell-phone-texting-injuries-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-texting-injuries-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Texting Injuries on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/text.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2378\" title=\"text\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/text.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2378 lazyload\" title=\"text\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/text.jpg\"><\/a>While texting using a new or old cell phone is becoming an ever more popular method of communication, the practice also seems to be leading to an increase in injuries.&nbsp; Carl Tricky, a Saint John massage therapist, claims that the number of clients he has on his list who have been injured by their cell phones is only increasing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about is a repetitive strain injury and that strain is caused by overuse of the thumbs and people are seeing an impact on their life,\u201d Tricky says.&nbsp; \u201cIt interferes with their ability to do a lot of things because we use our hands a lot during the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The volume of text messaging has been doubling with every year that has passed since text messaging was first introduced a decade ago back in 2002, the Canadian 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