Most of us can’t get enough of our smartphones. All day long, we stare at it, perhaps waiting for messages from our friends, or just randomly watching funny cat videos. This may be the reason why we’re developing a weird bony spike at the base of our skulls. This is especially true for the younger generation.
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The bony skull bump — known as an external occipital protuberance — is sometimes so large, you can feel it by pressing your fingers on the base of your skull.
“I have been a clinician for 20 years, and only in the last decade, increasingly, I have been discovering that my patients have this growth on the skull,” David Shahar, a health scientist at the University of The Sunshine Coast, Australia, told the BBC in a fascinating feature about the changing human skeleton.
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These bony spikes are likely here to stay, Shahar said. “Imagine if you have stalactites and stalagmites, if no one is bothering them, they will just keep growing,” he told the BBC. Luckily, these spikes rarely cause medical issues. If you are experiencing discomfort, however, try improving your posture, he said.
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Source: neatorama