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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
July 29 2012 22:06 GMT
#1
So a few months ago I noticed my hands start hurting and feeling weird from gaming so much. I've started doing stretches and playing in a better position and stuff.

Everything has been going better, but my pinkys still hurt. Pain moving them too far, stiff, just annoying. When I'm playing Starcraft I notice my pinky is just liek sticking straight up half the time.. like.. where are you suppose to put it lol?

Has anyone had any issues like this in the past and whats the best thing to do? My mouse pinky isn't nearly as bad.

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Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
July 29 2012 22:07 GMT
#2
The pinky is supposed to be at CTRL.
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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
July 29 2012 22:09 GMT
#3
On July 30 2012 07:07 Zoler wrote:
The pinky is supposed to be at CTRL.


When I have my fingers only on the numbers it sticks up lol
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-29 22:24:52
July 29 2012 22:23 GMT
#4
i suggest you rotate your keyboard 30 degrees counter clockwise and make sure your wrist is in a comfortable position. I think the reason your pinkie is in an awkward position is because your whole hand is in an awkward position.

edit - i keep my pinky on shift, thumb on space,
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P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
August 06 2012 23:23 GMT
#5
personally i have found that playing Toontown helps greatly this injury
sapht
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Sweden141 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-07 00:15:31
August 07 2012 00:13 GMT
#6
Sounds like you have bad control over that finger. Practice typing with your pinky and bind something to the key left of 1. Use your pinky to hit that key, and maybe hit 1 as well. The finger grows stronger and useful and your hand will stop trying to "move it out of the way" by sticking it up.

A good movement to train is to do inward and outward fan-line movements with both hands, taking note of each finger moving separately. The strength of the pinky is augmented by a fairly strong muscle by the end of you habd, it's mostly a matter of accepting the pinky as a useful, functional finger.
You can use control groups to train units without even looking at your base.
Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
August 07 2012 01:51 GMT
#7
On August 07 2012 08:23 P7GAB wrote:
personally i have found that playing Toontown helps greatly this injury


How would this help? You don't ever even use your keyboard in ToonTown, you're not allowed to talk to other players.
P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
August 07 2012 04:56 GMT
#8
On August 07 2012 10:51 Depetrify wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2012 08:23 P7GAB wrote:
personally i have found that playing Toontown helps greatly this injury


How would this help? You don't ever even use your keyboard in ToonTown, you're not allowed to talk to other players.


wow i can tell you don't keep up to date with Toonpenis err.... Toontown and the community. If you know the right people you will be allowed to talk to other players for a "reasonable" price .
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