A recent survey from Virgin Mobile has revealed that mobile phones are now the cause of a reported 3.8 million* cases of repetitive strain injuries per year.

With over 93.5million text messages sent every day in the UK, text messaging has become an every day method of communication for mobile phone users. Test messages are created by lots of short and repetitive key presses on a mobile phone key pad, and it is this motion which, if carried out very frequently and without considering potential repetitive strain on the joints, can lead to pain or discomfort in the thumb and fingers.

With texting continuing to increase in popularity, there has been a significant growth in reported cases of Repetitive Strain Injury ( RSI ) occurring in the thumbs of Britain’s texters.

With over 12% of the population admitting to sending up to 20 texts per day and even 10% admitting to sending up to 100 texts every single day it is unsurprising that we are using our thumbs more than ever and suffering from sore finger and wrist joints as a result.

Virgin Mobile conducted a nationwide survey on the population's texting habits and the physical effects this has on the wrists, fingers and thumbs. As a direct result of using our mobile phones for texting daily, there is a significant number of the population suffering from thumb and wrist pain.