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June 03, 2009
Cell phone elbow
'Cell Phone Elbow' On The Rise
Kink In Elbow Can Cause Nerve DamageDENVER -- The age of sports injuries like tennis elbow, golf elbow and hyperextending the elbow is giving way to a new age of technology-related injuries.
Move over, Nintendo thumb, and make way for cell phone elbow.
The condition, which causes numbness and tingling in the fingers, is caused by the way someone holds a cell phone.
According to the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, the medical term for the condition is cubital tunnel syndrome. It was the subject of a recent study at the Cleveland Clinic.
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