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legatus legionis
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands559 Posts
May 08 2011 23:51 GMT
#101
I read the OP and it was very useful. Definitely gonna have a second look at my setup and see what I can tweak. Also with the hand excercises, I used to do them on a regular basis, to train my forearms and haven't done so in ages but when I would really train them, like with those squeeze things, not only does it add endurance but you also get the feeling of having more control over your actions because you are better connected to the muscle. Idk how that works or if its a placebo, it felt real though.

As for F-Lux, in the health and fitness thread on TL little after new years was my first encounter with this gem. I've been using it on every computer since. I don't really notice it anymore, it feels normal but most of all for anyone having sleeping problems or feeling like they stay up until they get so tired they could pass out before going to bed. Install this! After a couple days it will make you mad sleepy at a more appropriate time and if you actually allow yourself to be tired and go to bed your sleepschedule will shift a couple hours to more normal times.
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 11:12:49
May 13 2011 09:08 GMT
#102
My hands have been hurting for about a month now, sometime its in the wrist, never much in the elbow/forearm, might just start doing the weights + stressball. I could go to the doctor for free (canada ftw) but i'm scared xrays won't show anything
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desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
May 15 2011 15:46 GMT
#103
I've been doing the streches inbetween every game and gonna get the stressball today or tommorow and will use it when not playing sc2 :D:D can't wait to korean it up for 8-10hours whenever im pain free (the muscle still hurts but streches fixes it for 2-3 games at least)
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Johnnybb
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark486 Posts
May 15 2011 18:16 GMT
#104
I guess this is useful if you spend 10 hours a day doing computer stuff.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
May 15 2011 18:42 GMT
#105
Wow too bad I didn't read this before my problems, although most of them are gone or much smaller now.

Thanks for making this is great!

Also in the last picture/exercise, the hand is extremely red... I'm hoping it was just the picture being tinted or such, it looks like it's about to die o.o
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Myst-
Profile Joined May 2009
United States96 Posts
May 30 2011 14:02 GMT
#106
I know most of you game or use the computer more than me at work or school. For most of the years that I played BW, I know I used bad posture while gaming. I've been having some wrist, hand, forearm, and palm pains. Anyways, I have some questions about how you guys use your mouse, keyboard, desk, and chair.

Do you guys hover your hand over the keyboard or do you use a wrist rest?

While using the mouse do you rest your wrist or forearm on the table/mouse pad?

Use a negative tilt for the keyboard?

Use a keyboard tray?

Rest your forearms on a chair arms, or the table for better mouse control?

Do wrist, or finger stretches?

I only have mild discomfort, but I'd like to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I use my palm in both hands as a pivot point for my mouse, keyboard hand. It gets quite sore, and I've always been told to hover over the keyboard and mouse, but I find that uncomfortable. I've always rested my wrist, not my forearm on the edge of the keyboard tray on a mouse pad. Maybe it's my desk/chair height(I'm 6'4), or something else I'm doing wrong. I'm not totally sure.

DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 19:06:19
June 02 2011 19:01 GMT
#107
This is something that helped me a ton:

My chair has arm rests that are higher than my keyboard. This causes blood flow to be limitted in my hands, and often causes huge stress. My solution: just put a pillow on the chair to raise yourself above the arm rests.

Also, stretching before, not after, every session is very important.
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Dacendoran
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States825 Posts
September 16 2011 12:40 GMT
#108
I hate to bump old thread but my wrist has been paining me so bad these past few days (right hand IE my dominant one) that I've been unable to type with it let alone play any videogames =/. Any idea with me resting it 100% how long it will be before the pain subsides?
Paperplane
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands1823 Posts
September 16 2011 13:19 GMT
#109
Two important things I didn't see in the OP:

Whenever you're not doing anything take your hands of the mouse/keyboard to give em some rest.

Take a small break every hour / 2 hours

These 2 will help prevent! the pain, but not really cure it.

Dacendoran that's very hard to say over the internet tbh but if you can't even type with it now it's probably going to take several weeks to fully recover.
Warsfear
Profile Joined September 2011
15 Posts
September 18 2011 10:14 GMT
#110
Flux is a very annoying program. many times it turns pink when you don't want it to. I recommend DimScreen for easier control of the screen brightness (darker during night, lighter during day), or just adjusting your brightness accordingly every few hours.
Evilruler
Profile Joined May 2010
Brazil116 Posts
October 07 2011 02:15 GMT
#111
Just wanted to thank the OP. My right hand started hurting a few weeks ago, I started using the left one to compensate and now that one is injured too. Knowing a few basics will surely help, it's annoying as hell to be injured like this and not knowing what to do to get better (or if it will get better at all).
DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
November 16 2011 22:42 GMT
#112
An interesting thing I just found out. I had hear of people using hand braces while sleeping to completely remove RSI, so I tried to emulate the brace.

What I do is I sleep with my head on both my arms, my hands in the position commonly used for prayer. The next day after trying this, I immediately felt I could play for longer periods of time, and that my RSI was gone.

One can also sleep with both their hands underneath their pillow, palms against the head and flat against the bed.

Note: only works for sound sleepers.
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Humfluxx
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden47 Posts
December 05 2012 15:04 GMT
#113
I just got RSI, and I thank you so much for writing this thread.

LOL - Lots of love!
MMM
SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1149 Posts
January 20 2013 16:02 GMT
#114
I've been experiencing moderate wrist pain in my mouse hand. Would just like to share a few stretching routines that have helped me



(5 videos in the series)
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
January 20 2013 16:09 GMT
#115
I'm actually glad someone bumped this haha. Read it when it was first posted, but I only started to get RSI related stuff like in the last year or so.

Gotta definitely try some of these.. My hands and wrists are in pain all of the time.
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SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1149 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-21 22:13:11
January 21 2013 22:11 GMT
#116
In addition to the exercises posted above, today I massively decreased the speed of my mouse. Over the years I had gradually geared it up so stupidly ultra fast that it was making my wrist tense up, straining the tendons. So I went from 5200 DPI, 6/11, SC2 sensitivity off, 3/10 device speed, 1920/1080 resolution --> 1000 DPI, 5/10 device speed. I noticed how the guys like Gumiho and MarineKing use their whole arm to control the mouse, takes them about 6 inches to move the cursor the whole way across the screen. After grinding a few hours on ladder, I feel almost no pressure on my wrist (just a slight ache from damage done in the past). Gonna be a nightmare relearning how to play with my mouse hand. Worth it in the long run though
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
January 21 2013 22:13 GMT
#117
Wouldn't your mouse moving quickly mean you have less strain because you're not moving your wrist as much, though? Enlighten me :O
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synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
January 21 2013 22:27 GMT
#118
On January 22 2013 07:13 Aerisky wrote:
Wouldn't your mouse moving quickly mean you have less strain because you're not moving your wrist as much, though? Enlighten me :O

You tighten your wrist just to get precise control of the ultra super high sensitive mouse.
UndoneJin
Profile Joined February 2011
United States438 Posts
January 21 2013 22:32 GMT
#119
This is valuable for all computer users, glad I didn't miss this the second time it came up!
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SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1149 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-21 22:42:30
January 21 2013 22:34 GMT
#120
On January 22 2013 07:13 Aerisky wrote:
Wouldn't your mouse moving quickly mean you have less strain because you're not moving your wrist as much, though? Enlighten me :O


If it only takes 1cm to move your mouse across the screen, you may not be flicking your wrist as much (your fingers do all the movement) - but when you do this, you tighten all the fragile muscles and tendons inside your wrist. The little muscles in your wrist are only designed for short bursts of pressure. I'm no doctor, but I think it's a lot healthier to spread the pressure across a combination of fingers, hand, wrist, forearm and shoulder, just like you would playing piano.
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