{"id":1001223,"date":"2026-04-04T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001223"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:14:24","slug":"smartphones-triggering-wrist-neck-pain-among-youngsters-say-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/04\/smartphones-triggering-wrist-neck-pain-among-youngsters-say-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphones triggering wrist, neck pain among youngsters, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: As smartphone use surges, experts warn it is harming young adults\u2019 physical health, with rising cases of nerve compression and hand dysfunction. Doctors report people in their early 20s experiencing tingling, numbness, wrist pain, weak grip strength and neck discomfort\u2014conditions once common in older age groups. These issues are especially seen among students and early-career professionals spending long hours on devices without breaks or ergonomic support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: As smartphone use surges, experts warn it is harming young adults\u2019 physical health, with rising cases of nerve compression and hand dysfunction. Doctors report people in their early 20s experiencing tingling, numbness, wrist pain, weak grip strength and neck discomfort\u2014conditions once common in older age groups. These issues are especially seen among students and early-career professionals spending long hours on devices without breaks or ergonomic support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,76,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-new-indian-express","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}