The Dorit Baxter spa in New York is offering Blackberry Thumb and Tech
Neck massages to help you release the muscular tension brought on by
your gadgets. I have both conditions. Have started to use a mouse instead of the pad.
Is your Treo making your fingers ache and your face break
out with zits? The city’s high-end spas are selling fixes for such
ailments as “BlackBerry thumb,” “tech neck,’’ and “cell-phone clog.’’
“These are repetitive-stress injuries that people used to get in their
fifties and sixties; now they are afflicted in their twenties and
thirties,’’ says Dr. Thomas Scilaris, an Upper East Side orthopedic
surgeon. Dorit Baxter spa on West 57th Street offers “Tech Neck” and
“Tech Hand” treatments, recommended weekly at $59 per half-hour for
each, which combine hot compresses and acupressure to relieve
inflammation and “pins and needles.”