{"id":662,"date":"2007-02-14T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/crackberry-thumb\/"},"modified":"2007-02-14T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T20:00:39","slug":"crackberry-thumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/crackberry-thumb\/","title":{"rendered":"CrackBerry Thumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,251963,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">I am speechless<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Graceful Services recently started offering a BlackBerry Finger Massage that promises to help eliminate neck, back and finger-cramping caused by excessive typing on tiny BlackBerry keyboards. <\/p>\n<p>A repetitive-stress injury informally known as &#8220;BlackBerry Thumb&#8221; may also affect people who spend too much time with a video game controller, television remote control or any number of handheld devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graceful&#8217;s hour-long BlackBerry massage costs $60<\/strong>. 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