Media
'Text neck' is becoming an 'epidemic' and could wreck your spine
The Post's flagship take on the Hansraj study warned that the constant downward tilt of phone use could wreck spines — and quoted spine surgeon Hansraj as its authority. The term it popularized, 'text neck,' had been coined years earlier by a chiropractor.
The Look Up read
The story that defined the problem for the public was framed by a surgeon. The profession that named the problem wasn't in the article.
The Look Up view
Right alarm, incomplete byline: the loads come from a model and the term from a chiropractor — the direction is true, and the credit and the caveats matter.
☀ Use it — Presenter talking point: 'Text neck' was coined by chiropractor Dr. Dean Fishman around 2009 — say it in your next talk, and cite this coverage as the wave we're joining, not chasing.
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