The number of “twalking” injuries sustained while texting and walking has increased by 50 percent since 2012: including a 67-year-old woman who fell from a trapdoor and a man who fell off a cliff while climbing a took a photo of the sunset

Looking at your phone to text, read email, or browse social media can put you in the hospital.

Injuries caused by “running” or texting while walking are becoming more common, with doctors noticing an increase in patients with cuts, bruises and even fractures from distracted walking.

Researchers have found that texting on the go will soon be the most common reason for technology violations in the United States.

Phones currently account for 23 percent of technology-related injuries nationwide, from tripping over cables to hitting objects while texting.

This made telephones the second most dangerous technology product in America after televisions and typically resulted in injuries when people tried to pick them up.

This happened because scientists in Australia said taking selfies should be considered a “public health issue”.

Decluttr – an online exchange platform that buys unwanted technology – used data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) on technology-related injuries collected over the past decade and found that since 2020 they have increased by 20 percent.

The increase was partly due to pandemic restrictions that made us more dependent on technology, the company said.

And tech-addicted Millennials are the most prone to accidents.

Incidents included hitting lampposts and bus stops, tripping over fountains and falling down stairs.

General pain was the most common complaint of running injuries, followed by bruising and cuts, especially on the face and head.

Dr. Sean Rockett, an orthopedic doctor in New England, told DailyMail.com that he has seen “a lot of ankle sprains and wrist fractures from falling off curbs” while patients were on the phone.

A team from Australia analyzed scientific articles and media reports around the world on selfie-related injuries or deaths since 2008 and found that nearly 400 reports were produced during the thirteen-year study period – including 77 in the United States.

The victims were most likely female tourists in their early 20s, with falls and drowning while taking photos being the two most common causes of death.

In 2017, a 67-year-old woman in New Jersey threw herself through a front door because she was distracted by her phone.

She was then taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

In 2015 A man has died after falling off a cliff in San Diego while trying to photograph the sunset, according to police.

“He wasn’t looking where he was going, but more at the device,” San Diego Lifeguard Sgt. Bill Bender told CBS.

In August 2012, a Philadelphia man fell onto the tracks while talking on the phone, but was rescued from the tracks before a train arrived.

In the same year, AAn Indiana mother named Bonnie Miller had to be rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell into the water while walking on a pier and carelessly texting.

“I made an appointment at the wrong time, so I sent like three words. ‘Next thing you know, there was water,'” Ms. Miller told ABC57.com after her accident in March 2012.

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Her husband realized what was happening and jumped after her while other passers-by shouted for help.

In 2011, 19-year-old Ryan Robbins died after a night out in Melbourne, Australia, when he accidentally walked over a short railing in a parking lot and fell to his death while texting his friend.

Earlier this year, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia asked 50 young adults to walk on a cobblestone path that had a skid plate attached that would cause them to slide.

They did it without texting or by typing the phrase “The fast brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” into their phone.

Texting was found to increase the risk of accidental falls among study participants. It was discovered that although they slipped, they were wearing a seat belt to prevent them from actually falling to the ground and sustaining injuries.

The findings – that texting pedestrians puts them at risk of falling – may seem obvious, but motion sensors attached to each person have provided insight into why texting while walking can be such a bad idea .

When people were texting, their walking patterns were less stable and they were less able to regain their balance.

A separate, similar study published in JAMA in 2019 examined two decades of emergency room data and found an increase in cellphone-related incidents.

Researchers found that the number of head and neck injuries caused by cell phones while walking steadily increased between 1998 and 2017 as cell phones became a permanent part of most Americans’ hands.

While most injuries were minor such as cuts and bruises, some were more serious and included fractures.