carpal thumbal syndrome

Carpal thumbal syndrom is a repetitive motion injury to the thumbs caused by over texting.

The kid next to me on the cross country bus trip was texting non stop for 7 hour; surely he has carpal thumbal syndrome by now.

carpal thumbal syndrome by Steve Sherwood in Macon November 30, 2010

Carpal Thumbel Syndrome 

A syndrome where the thumbs can't be used to text on a smartphone due to over texting.

Unlike carpal tunnel, where the problems occur due to a median nerve in the wrist, Carpal Thumbel is due to a nerve pinching in the hand.

"Kara, why can't you type a text?"

"I can't move my thumbs! I have tingling, numbness, weakness, and pain in my thumbs! Could it be Carpal Tunnel!?"

"No. What you suffer from is Carpal Thumbel Syndrome."

Carpal Thumbel Syndrome by spaztic_nerd May 20, 2013