UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog

Cradling the phone is one of the worst things one can do. Most people are under the misimpression that if they don't feel pain in their necks, caviling the phone is not an issue. That is wrong on two counts:

1) Cumulative trauma injuries build over time. By the time you feel pain, you have already incurred some damage.

2) Nerve impingement in the neck can express itself in other parts of the body. For instance, numbness in the fingers can originate from the neck.

For those reasons, no one should cradle the phone. If you must have your hands free while on the phone, then use a speaker phone or headset.

One vendor for headsets is: http://www.headset.com/