http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/ Engadget Comments for Laptops are dangerous / not dangerous: back pain edition http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/]]>Jun 2nd 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
Actually I more frequently get back pain when I am sitting down, hunched in front of a computer for extended periods of time, not when I am using it in my lap.]]>May 31st 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
I agree that it -can- cause back problems, perhaps even nerve damage. I don't think that it can cause something like sciosis(sp?) but it can definitively cause problems somewhere depending on your posture.

Chiropractors can't generally fix things, but they can temporarily adjust your back. Certain things they can fix permanently but for the most part, once you have a back problem, you wont get fixed =/ So take this word advice more than a grain of salt and be careful how you posture yourself or get a bad back like i got from slouching over a computer for over a decade.]]>May 31st 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
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The end is near]]>May 31st 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
1) why do 12 year old kids have laptops in the first place

2) isnt it obvious that injuries and body degenerations are bound to happen to kids at an age when their bodies are still developing. ]]>May 31st 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/Just what we need. More idiot proofing.]]>May 31st 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/It's not that funny.]]>May 31st 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
A laptop forces you into hunchback mode and is only good for banging out long letters and coding.

For reading, browsing and design tasks a tablet (or smaller umpc) is far superior.]]>May 31st 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/granted not all chiropractors are great but you have to attend med school and then chiropractic college to become a chiropractor not exactly the kind of thing the average joe can claim to have done. My chiropractors also use applied kinesiology and cranial sacral.]]>May 31st 2007 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
Also:
The problem with chiropractors is that half of them are actual medical doctors who understand the workings of the human skeleton and will try to correct long-term problems by adjusting the way your muscles position it, which actually makes sense. The other half are modern-day witch doctors that talk about your fucking chakras and auras and how your Qi is out of alignment, which is of course utter, unfettered horse shit. There's a little crossover, too -- one guy my wife saw seemed like he knew what he was talking about and actually helped her with some significant back pain -- this was *not* psychosomatic -- but had one or two ads in his lobby for obvious snake oil-type "therapeutic" products. This is why people like Penn and Teller "debunk" chiropractic therapy, when they're actually "debunking" new-age healing (the medical equivalent of Scientology).]]>May 31st 2007 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/May 31st 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/
Another problem i'm sure is that most kids now days are inactive. Inactivity leads to weak, unflexible muscles. Weak, unflexible muscles lead to pain, generally. This relates closely to what Andwer was mentioning. Childs bodies are developing and are more prone to problems.. if they are not active. Many studies have been done with kids strength training. Imagine.. young children that are active can train to lift 100+ pounds over their heads repeatedly with no issues...

When you go to physical therapy, they fix a lot of problems with stretching and strengthening. Sciatica, Plica Syndrome, etc...

I have horrible posture. Always have. I stay active though and have never had any issues.

Oh, and to the person that said chiropractors don't fix anything. They can re-align your vertebrae. If you have a pinched/impinged nerve, they can fix it. If you let it get to the point of actual nerve damage, it's likely your own fault and there's not much they can do except keep it from getting worse.]]>Jun 1st 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/Jun 1st 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/laptops-are-dangerous-strike-not-dangerous-strike-back-pai/Aug 20th 2007 7:49AM