I have extreme pain in both my hands from extensive 3d modeling earlier this year, and then from (a small amount admittedly) starcraft 2 and more repeditive work. I'm definitely going to be looking into these exercises since I want to start writing/modeling again and finding a new desk/chair has been totally impossible for the last few years.

Thadorus

Canada136 Posts

July 08 2010 23:00 GMT

#43

what do i have

after playing to much over the last few days i have pain in my wrist, it is a recurring pain that builds up over a few days and i've had it a few times. I am avoiding bending it until it stops hurting.

is it carpal tunnel?

tdp

Netherlands10 Posts

July 08 2010 23:17 GMT

#44

Very nice post! Recently I seem to be developing RSI like synthoms so I'm defently going to give the excersises a go with fingers crossed that I can acutaly play decently again when sc2 goes live XD.

@thadorus, can be anything really, I guess if it's really becoming a pain you should go see a docter since (s)he can properly diagnose it.

ionlyplayPROtoss

Canada573 Posts

July 08 2010 23:38 GMT

#45

i played for 8.5 hours and had a bit of shoulder pain in my mouse arm any ideas?

bostic

Australia41 Posts

July 09 2010 00:00 GMT

#46

thank you so so so MUCH! I've been worrying about RSI for a while now, but hadn't found anywhere to look for a solid guide on reducing occurrence of RSI. This is very helpful THANK YOU. My main problem is eye strain, hopefully if i follow the ergonomic guide I can reduce that too

GulpyBlinkeyes

United States1449 Posts

July 09 2010 00:14 GMT

#47

Thank you very much for this. My other main activity/profession aside from computer use is piano playing, and the stiffness I get in my hands and wrists sometimes can really impede that. The stretches feel really good and hopefully if I make a conscious effort to do them regularly things will start improving.

Reborn8u

United States1761 Posts

July 09 2010 00:19 GMT

#48

I use exercises like these http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/ctexercise.htm

I cant find the link but there are also wrist exercises where you make a fist holding you wrist firm as if you were to punch, and use the other hand to put resistance against it for 10 seconds.Repeat in every direction. Then switch hands. I find them very help full. I spend a lot of time at home on the computer or playing guitar and I do a lot of pressure washing at work. Sometimes the wrists hurt.
I also make sure my mouse hand (where i get most of the pain) has enough table space to lay from elbow to wrist. So it can hold the weight of my hand up easier and spreads out the part of my arm receiving pressure on the table.

Manit0u

Poland17243 Posts

July 09 2010 00:24 GMT

#49

At first, when I read the thread title I thought it was about preventing your computer being injured...

Smgzy

United States187 Posts

July 09 2010 00:32 GMT

#50

On July 09 2010 08:38 ionlyplayPROtoss wrote:
i played for 8.5 hours and had a bit of shoulder pain in my mouse arm any ideas?

I'm not a doctor, but my guess is that it could just be bad posture, or possibly a problem with one of your vertebrates. Make sure that you have lower and upper back support and that your body is aligned correctly when you are at the computer (ie not hunched over). You could try to make an appt to see a chiropractor, if you have 50 bucks to spare. It's not a bad thing to go regardless, and that's just one thing you can rule out.

When I was getting problems I went, and though it didn't fix anything RSI related, some of the other parts of my spine got snapped back into place which felt nice.

88.inspades

Philippines32 Posts

July 09 2010 00:57 GMT

#51

Really useful. Both at work and at play. XD

Mykill

Canada3402 Posts

July 09 2010 00:58 GMT

#52

Workout those forearms and you can beat anybody at arm wrestling

Freeheals

United States488 Posts

July 09 2010 01:24 GMT

#53

Smgzy, do you have any idea if twisting and cracking your wrists, like you would your ankles, to temporarily relieve pain could be harmful in the long run? Often times I just crack my wrists and this relieves the pain, for the moment.

Smgzy

United States187 Posts

July 09 2010 01:50 GMT

#54

On July 09 2010 10:24 Freeheals wrote:
Smgzy, do you have any idea if twisting and cracking your wrists, like you would your ankles, to temporarily relieve pain could be harmful in the long run? Often times I just crack my wrists and this relieves the pain, for the moment.

I'm not really sure. When I wen to the chiropractor, she did some thing where she cracked the carpal bones in my wrists, but I'm not sure how much it can really do.

It might help, but I haven't actually seen anything about joint cracking being either beneficial or detrimental.

From what I know, it's just gas buildup in your joints that is being released. That's what creates the popping noise.

palanq

United States761 Posts

July 09 2010 01:50 GMT

#55

very nice, thanks for the info!

just want to add: there are a bunch of wrist stretches they do in aikido that some might like such as this one: + Show Spoiler +

I don't actually know if it helps with RSI but they feel nice to me =p