Now the same over-hyped concept has reached the Washington Post: \u2018Text neck\u2019 is becoming an \u2018epidemic\u2019 and could wreck your spine based on an as of yet not available study whose abstract says.\n\n \n\n Billions of people are using cell phone devices on the planet, essentially in poor posture. The purpose of this study is to assess the forces incrementally seen by the cervical spine as the head is tilted forward, into worsening posture. This data is also necessary for cervical spine surgeons to understand in the reconstruction of the neck.