Author: Amy Mayer
Squeezing your fingers and/or thumbs onto the small buttons of a smartphone such as a BlackBerry, Treo, iPhone and any number of other mobile devices can cause pain and even long-term problems. Know the feeling? Don't let it get the better of you. Gail Hegeman, a hand therapist with Pioneer Ergonomics in western Massachusetts, says to avoid the relatively new condition dubbed "BlackBerry Thumb" you should: