iPad Repetitive Strain Syndrome (I-RSS)

The new iPad is out everyone one is going mad trying to get their hands on it. However what are the effects that this new nifty gizmo is having on the techno-elites bodies?!!

Ergonomically the all in one screen does throw up a dilemma we have had to slowly become accustom to for a while with our touch screen phones but now on a bigger scale. That is all in one keyboard and screen combo mustering up a new prolonged held arm position in a way that we have never had to before.

With the need for a position comfortable for the hand and arm this is changing the position that the upper body and head have to take to accommodate this, leading to stooped postures.

The portability of the iPad is one of the main USPs no need for hefty desktops or laptops just a magazine sized tabled, this in turn lends itself to a who new array of places and positions to use it, some of which again increasing the musculoskeletal stress building up.

Dr Patrick Ryder

Masters in Chiro

Dr of Chiropractic