Hours on mobile screens causing cervical spondylitis and frozen shoulder: PGI study

The increasing use of mobile phones, particularly the habit of bending the neck for prolonged periods while looking at screens, is causing a sharp rise in cases of cervical spondylitis and frozen shoulder-like symptoms — not just among adults, but alarmingly, in children as young as 10 and even infants. This has been revealed in a recent study conducted by the Pain Medicine Department at PGI Kanpur.

The department studied 100 patients suffering from shoulder stiffness and mobility issues. Most of these individuals were between 18 and 65 years old. In 32 per cent of the cases, cervical spondylitis was found to be the result of the patients spending long hours with their heads tilted downwards, watching mobile screens.