Digital Age Injuries

It’s been a few months since the game Pokémon Go debuted and hooked millions of players worldwide. While getting more active is a beneficial side effect, the game is also being blamed for some negative effects, including injuries, changed gait and poor posture.

Walking while focusing on capturing virtual monsters may result in many of the same neck and back pain, hand and finger numbness, headaches (aka tech posture, tech neck, Pokémon Posture) common now with computer workers.

Time Warner News caught up with posture expert Steven Weiniger at a recent event to talk about the impact of this newest tech obsession and resulting Poké Posture.