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Return to Form BY BRENNA HOLLAND T here's an episode of "Keeping up with the Kardashians" that follows Kim Kardashian as she investigates a mysterious pain in her wrist. e pain is so sudden and severe, that when she lis her phone to text or take a selfie, her wrist can barely support the weight of her five-ounce iPhone. Kim's inability to hold her phone is a devastating blow, one that ultimately motivates her to employ an on-set camera operator as her official selfie-taker. e cam- era-woman takes Kim's phone and sets up the picture, as Kim lets her hand hover near the screen to give the illusion that she is taking the selfie. Aer several days of this routine, Kim realizes the pain has become chronic and makes an appointment to see an orthopedic surgeon. Sitting in the orthopedist's office aer her physical exam, Kim is informed that what she's experiencing is likely phone-induced carpal tunnel—a modern phenomenon that, her doctor says, the medical community has already named in her honor: Kardashian Wrist. is name—while cute—certainly gives the impression that in order to get a phone-re- lated injury you must be a social media-obsessed, selfie-taking socialite—but that is just not so. e average, non-Kardashian person in America spends roughly four hours a day on their phone. at's a quarter of our waking hours and, ultimately, 60 days per year spent looking down. —How bad posture while using devices may be causing you chronic pain. V U E N J . C O M 152

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