If you take a look at her Instagram page it’s very clear that Kotb loves taking selfies while she is out and about or at work.
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Hoda Kotb, of NBC’s “Today”, recently noticed an achy pain in her elbow and went to see an orthopedist about it. Kotb began complaining of pain in her elbow on the show, so she went to the doctor. “When you take the picture, your arm is up, bent in a weird way and you just click, click, click”, she said.
It’s time to add “selfie elbow” to the growing list of problems your social media addiction is causing. There’s even Blackberry thumb, the modern texting equivalent. “Selfie elbow, everyone has it!” she told the fashion magazine. Trust us, your elbow and your followers will thank you for it. But according to some doctors, it’s no laughing matter.
According to Jordan Metzl, a sports medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery in the United States, the problem with “selfie elbow” is that it is overuse.
Metzl also said that the interface between technology and the human body can sometimes cause injuries from being overly enthusiastic.
‘You do something, you do it a lot, then stuff starts to hurt, ‘ he said. “Trying to get a good background in the selfie we heard many stories of people falling off mountain cliffs, high-rises and into rivers”, adds Dr Somashekhar. However, doctors have issued warnings saying that taking the ideal selfie can put selfie fanatics at risk of developing “selfie elbow” which is already considered a real medical condition. You put too much stress on the muscle and it irritates the area where the muscle comes off the bone and you get this inflammatory response’.
While the condition is common in adults, it’s popping up more frequently in teens who spend scant moments away from their smartphones.
Put down your phone.
However, it’s emerged that taking too many selfies cannot only be detrimental to your mental health but your physical health also – to your arms in particular.
Selfie addicts take note.
If you thought taking a selfie was passe, think again.
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But if you do get “selfie elbow”, some painkillers, ice and some stretching should help alleviate the condition.
