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Una Hajdari

Your phone is destroying your thumbs — and here's how to stop it

Doomscrolling for hours, paying bills, watching full episodes — smartphones have become an all-day habit. But all that swiping and typing is taking a toll on our hands.

"Texting thumb" is an umbrella term for a range of phone-related pains: stiffness, throbbing near the knuckle, a clicking sensation when bending the thumb.

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