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Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-20 06:52:31
May 20 2012 06:43 GMT
#1
After four days of playing diablo3 at very intense level, my arm felt really destroyed, I've never felt this in my 10+ years of gaming day in and out, but I guess everything has it's time coming, at the current state I am unable to bend my right arm and my ring and little finger feels numb, which makes gaming very uncomfortable and painfully. I've done some searching around and it's most likely cubital tunnel syndrome.

this is caused by bending the arm too much and pressuring the nerve, so I'd just want to say that don't bend your arms when gaming, try to keep them straight as much as possible and take breaks often to relax, I've done my mistake and I have the toll to take, hopefully It will cure itself and not get worse.

for the streaming part, I will still be streaming from time to time with slow farming, the current status is d3 inferno act3 finished, I will show some methods of farming, but not to intensive like boss killing until my arm is cured, this problem will make starcraft 2 unplayable in ladder, dota2 might occur but it won't be the same.

*
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
May 20 2012 06:58 GMT
#2
this is why you don't play for four days straight
take breaks, do exercise
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Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
May 20 2012 07:02 GMT
#3
On May 20 2012 15:58 GenesisX wrote:
this is why you don't play for four days straight
take breaks, do exercise


I exercise 4 days a week and I'm well built, this was not caused by lack of exercise, only over pressuring the ulnar nerve.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
May 20 2012 07:09 GMT
#4
This is all about position, but yeah, after days of gaming on such a clickfest as diablo, even the strongest fappers will feel the pain
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
May 20 2012 07:19 GMT
#5
1-0 gg no re.

I feel for you.
-Kaiser-
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Canada932 Posts
May 20 2012 07:53 GMT
#6
My nightmares involve having my thumbs cleaved off my paper cutters.
3 Hatch Before Cool
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-20 10:02:12
May 20 2012 10:01 GMT
#7
On May 20 2012 16:02 Naid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 15:58 GenesisX wrote:
this is why you don't play for four days straight
take breaks, do exercise


I exercise 4 days a week and I'm well built, this was not caused by lack of exercise, only over pressuring the ulnar nerve.


I think he means exercise your wrists/hands while taking breaks
Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
May 20 2012 10:34 GMT
#8
I like how everyone is going so hxc with diablo.. dont you guys want something to play NEXT week? :O
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Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
May 20 2012 13:16 GMT
#9
On May 20 2012 19:34 Th1rdEye wrote:
I like how everyone is going so hxc with diablo.. dont you guys want something to play NEXT week? :O


Its an infinite farm game, or well if they would implemend ladder system as in diablo2, and nah, we always have starcraft and dota ;D
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
May 20 2012 13:16 GMT
#10
On May 20 2012 19:01 Angra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 16:02 Naid wrote:
On May 20 2012 15:58 GenesisX wrote:
this is why you don't play for four days straight
take breaks, do exercise


I exercise 4 days a week and I'm well built, this was not caused by lack of exercise, only over pressuring the ulnar nerve.


I think he means exercise your wrists/hands while taking breaks


you know we do.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
May 20 2012 15:05 GMT
#11
On May 20 2012 22:16 Naid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 19:01 Angra wrote:
On May 20 2012 16:02 Naid wrote:
On May 20 2012 15:58 GenesisX wrote:
this is why you don't play for four days straight
take breaks, do exercise


I exercise 4 days a week and I'm well built, this was not caused by lack of exercise, only over pressuring the ulnar nerve.


I think he means exercise your wrists/hands while taking breaks


you know we do.

harhar but he was actually trying to help.

I have a lot of weakness in my hands from gaming for so long. I've been stretching for awhile now and it really really helps.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
Jitensha
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden68 Posts
May 20 2012 15:17 GMT
#12
Happened to me a year and a half ago. Numbness in mostly pinkie, pain along the lower arm up until the elbow, elbow being very sore and stiff.

Can't say that it's gone, but just by correcting my gaming posture and keeping my wrists warm at all times I don't really suffer from it anymore. Even after tens of hours of diablo :>

Also, rest when it hurts is awsm.
Doomblaze
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1292 Posts
May 20 2012 17:08 GMT
#13
See a doctor and stop playing until it stops hurting, or it will get worse. Im recovering from carpal tunnel right now I got about a month ago, if you catch it early you should be good enough to play in 2-3 weeks, if not it will be months of pain, and if it gets bad enough, years.

Its not bending your arms, keeping them straight is bad for you, its having poor ergonomics on the computer so there's too much pressure on your nerve.
In Mushi we trust
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Profile Joined March 2012
281 Posts
May 20 2012 19:59 GMT
#14
So what do you mean by keeping them straight as,possible? Do you mean like a zombie?
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Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
May 22 2012 11:29 GMT
#15
stop playing? inferno diablo down, almost had a stroke too. btw guys dont worry =) its fine now, just needed to keep it straight for a couple of days
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
May 22 2012 11:30 GMT
#16
On May 21 2012 04:59 superbarnie wrote:
So what do you mean by keeping them straight as,possible? Do you mean like a zombie?

No, but dont bend it, use the table to keep your lower arm on, and get some kind of soft zone for your arm
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
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