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Aches in your elbow after playing only one game?

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Setz3R
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States455 Posts
June 06 2010 22:12 GMT
#1
Hey guys! Just wondering if this happens to anyone else. After one game where I am moving really fast and getting really into it, I start to ache in my elbow area on my mouse hand(the joints for some reason are tense, I don't know).

When I'm in game I don't notice it, I'm probably too focused and too into playing to really feel it. Afterwards though i wonder what's going on. This has never happened to me playing long hours of CS:S or PS3.

Could it be the way my hands are positioned on my desk? I mean I played WAAAY more WoW in arena with just as much focus and this never happened.

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love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
June 06 2010 22:13 GMT
#2
Maybe u are holding your wrist wrong, have tendinitis?
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Radical
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States481 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-06 22:18:13
June 06 2010 22:17 GMT
#3
I would back off on the amount that you play for now and see a doctor about it. Better to stop it now than to wait until it grows into something potentially worse.
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
June 06 2010 22:24 GMT
#4
Eat more Omega-3s, tuna and other types of fish and fish oils can help with joint pain and arthritis.
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beg
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
991 Posts
June 06 2010 22:24 GMT
#5
i'm quite sure that it has to do something with how you're holding your arm or something similar... go ask a doctor.

are you laying your hand down on the desktop or do you hold it up with your arm?
Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-06 22:35:35
June 06 2010 22:34 GMT
#6
From the sounds of it my opinion is that you are constantly tensing your mouse arm, stressing your elbow.

Relax your arm, movements should be from the wrist down!
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Setz3R
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States455 Posts
June 06 2010 22:48 GMT
#7
Yeah i'm consistently massaging it after each game, I'm like 10-0 right now so I don't wanna stop lol.

I think I figured what's causing it: I just got a razer deathadder a month ago and its my first high dpi mouse. Since its so high I'm no longer moving my entire hand to move the mouse. I keep my hand stationary and move only my finger tips and somehow that's really straining my elbow. I think I'll just take a break now and try to play a few games of CS to get used to moving with my entire hand again.

Thanks for the help! I think it doesn't help its cold in here--and muscles tend to tense up more when its cold.
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FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
June 06 2010 23:07 GMT
#8
i had to move my nerve that connects half my hand over from my elbow to the inner part of my arm. I noticed because it was hurting and it felt like half my hand was asleep. see if your hand feels asleep.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
June 06 2010 23:11 GMT
#9
You should operate it: Self surgery!
DefMatrixUltra
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1992 Posts
June 06 2010 23:53 GMT
#10
On June 07 2010 07:48 Legendary- wrote:
Yeah i'm consistently massaging it after each game, I'm like 10-0 right now so I don't wanna stop lol.

I think I figured what's causing it: I just got a razer deathadder a month ago and its my first high dpi mouse. Since its so high I'm no longer moving my entire hand to move the mouse. I keep my hand stationary and move only my finger tips and somehow that's really straining my elbow. I think I'll just take a break now and try to play a few games of CS to get used to moving with my entire hand again.

Thanks for the help! I think it doesn't help its cold in here--and muscles tend to tense up more when its cold.


Don't feel obligated to use the maximum DPI setting, especially for the "newer" Deathadders with >3000 or whatever it is DPI.

For RTS you really don't wanna move your arm anyway. The technique people use is "planting" the wrist bone solidly down on the mouse pad and using the wrist to move the mouse side to side and the fingers/thumb to move the mouse front and back.

It's always important to be as comfortable as possible. You should try to use a fairly minimal amount of effort in moving the mouse and be sure not to tense your fingers (index and middle) when clicking. Be in a comfortable spot where you can click and move the mouse around without anything being tense.

If you find yourself having trouble with tension (stress causes you to tense up etc.), try opening paint and drawing ~500 lazy "lines" while concentrating on keeping yourself relaxed (from your toes up to your lower back up to your shoulders).
Setz3R
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States455 Posts
June 07 2010 16:42 GMT
#11
So I lowered my dpi on the mouse from 1800 to 900 and its MUCH better now. In fact I'm even PLAYING 10x better. Thank Goodness I actually tried to look into it. Thanks a lot for your suggestions guys!

My arm was just HARDCORE straining from trying to keep up with the high dpi of the mouse. Everyone says you just get used to it so I tried it and it obviously didn't work. hehe.
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