The Hitchhiker's Guide to Carpal Tunnel

Blackberry thumb is apparently the tennis elbow of our generation. In our effort to stay "connected," we're doing extraordinary harm to our...thumbs.

And will the world ever be the same after this next shocking revelation?:

Specialists say the thumb -- considered by many as an island because it is set apart from the other fingers -- is among the least dexterous digit and is not meant to be rigorously worked out

I imagine a room full of "specialists" endlessly debating what type of geographic land mass is analagous to a thumb. There had to be a researcher that, when faced with the suggestion that the thumb was, in fact, an island, pounded his fist on the table and screamed, "by God, it's a PENINSULA...and I don't want to hear another word about it."

So, take care of your thumbs people. Gamers, hitchhikers,thumb wrestlers, and blackberry abusers of the world....you have been warned.