8 year old succumbs to texting-induced RSI

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 15th 2006 at 12:18AM

In a possible sign that the end-times are near, grade school students in the UK are said to be developing repetitive stress injuries from incessant texting. Gradeschooler Isabelle Taylor, who seems more fit for a textless Migo than the old-school Nokia she's toting, was diagnosed with tendiopathy after complaining of pain in her wrists and fingers. Sadly, little Isabelle took a cue from her hopelessly addicted BlackBerry-wielding elders: "I'm not going to stop. Me and all my friends talk to each other with texts, so I can't not text them." Her chiropractor says he sees "two cases a month" like Isabelle's, and stories of SMS RSI are nothing new -- but by golly, eight years old?

[Via textually.org]

Tags: Culture, repetitive stress, RepetitiveStress, rsi, sms, text, texting

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D @ Jun 15th 2006 8:58AM

Why does dude look so happy?

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Johnny @ Jun 15th 2006 10:18AM

Because he knows he's getting his picture in the paper.

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strider_mt2k @ Jun 15th 2006 12:21PM

Stories like this make me wish bad things for people.

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Schweitzer @ Jun 15th 2006 12:55PM

Thats pretty funny. Why do kids find the need to be constantly texting? It wastes a lot of money and there are much better and quicker alternatives, for example, calling or IMing.

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Peter PArker @ Jun 15th 2006 3:38PM

Texting is of the Devil!!

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Ben @ Jun 15th 2006 4:43PM

8 year olds dude. 8 year olds.

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