EPTDoing the hand stretches day9 describes in one of his dailies, and also trying to keep your wrists up when playing helps (this is what you're told to do while playing piano too).
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Ender2701
United States581 Posts
Doing the hand stretches day9 describes in one of his dailies, and also trying to keep your wrists up when playing helps (this is what you're told to do while playing piano too). | ||
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MrCash
United States1504 Posts
This can help a lot. Day9 had a video going over very similar exercises. If you never stretch and start doing these, it may hurt for the first few days, but you should notice great improvements over time. | ||
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
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SidewinderSC2
United States236 Posts
Spamming and doing silly stuff with your hands during battles or other idle time kind of seems like a waste to me. And most importantly, I am sure the OP is not a pro player, so they should be seeking ways to have more fun with the game rather than hurting themselves for a mostly cosmetic effect. 200 APM is cool, but only if you actually make it meaningful. | ||
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Genpow
United States41 Posts
Stop spamming for the sake of high apm and repeat your build 100 times on the same map and you too will have super high apm oh and i bet your wrist wouldn't hurt as much | ||
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kill619
United States212 Posts
If playing is causing you pain looking into the ergonomics of your setup where you play will decrease the main more effectively than,"just play more and get use to it", or "do some stretches". Your wrist and hands aren't meant to be forced into cramped and/or crooked positions for long periods of time and if your going out of your way to play faster it's very possible your changing the way your hands are positioned on your mouse and keyboard to achieve a higher apm. Keeping your wrist straight by keeping your mouse and keyboard at comfortable distances, having the height of your chair keep your forearms(while arms are bent) even with the height of your equipment to prevent your wrist from angling upward/downward etc. I'd recommend just googling "ergonomics" and messing with your set up to see if it makes you more comfortable and stops some of your pain before you rush off to a doctor or start thinking that your not meant to play that fast. | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
most importent thing is the HIGH OF YOUR TABLE it must be perfect with your chair and your high then you will not have any problems at all (also how far away is best how you hold your hands etc its just personal preferences) | ||
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IndyStarCraft
Poland2486 Posts
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oZe
Sweden492 Posts
When I bought my steelseries SX mousemat. I noticed that I was using my mouse like I was sandpapering. Very hard downward pressure. Once I noticed and corrected ALL my problems of mouse arm/hand disappeared. I think you are doing the same thing but with your keyboard hand. Like some people before me suggested. I would also suggest that you perform stretching with your hand/fingers before, sometimes during & after you play. Carpal tunnel is no joke once you get it. Ps. I even use hard drive packaging to rest my left elbow on because I play so much ^^ | ||
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Vermiiifuuge
Korea (South)112 Posts
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nanaoei
3358 Posts
pain in the fingers/actual wrists? i don't get that for some reason yet it makes sense. what i do get after hours an hours without break or rest is soreness closer to the elbow and upper arm. i wish i could use my wrist as a pivot more, but the amount of control i get from it isn't something i really like, that's really just -my- flaw. what really amps me up though is when i really want to win a game a certain way. all those try-hard actions suddenly appear out of nowhere. for a gauge, i don't remember ever feeling any left-handed pains when playing, but i used to play 30-60 games a day, quite mouse and keyboard balanced when it comes to emphasis (manual unit pathing, selection practice, etc) at 180-240 in-game apm. the arm soreness would come after those 30-40 games and would be comparable to playing badminton for a couple hours without stretching or being in good form (simply put, that feeling is horrendous, it feels like your arm is beginning to tear out). in hindsight, that was foolish of me. i really recommend some stretching and the mental focus so you don't over-exert yourself. it is a stressful game, but try not to let it show through in your own gameplay. i now try to play a lot slower but unfortunately a lot of small things slip by me (style related) and that's stressful mentally, haha. | ||
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
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MarkT34
United States111 Posts
Progaming teams make their players exercise regularly so that this doesn't happen. | ||
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TapetalKarma
United States127 Posts
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achristes
Norway653 Posts
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Whitley
United States238 Posts
On October 11 2012 03:57 renaissanceMAN wrote: Make sure you're sitting properly as well, with everything at an ideal height/angle for optimum usage. This includes making sure your monitor is slightly tilted, your keyboard is at the perfect height for continued usage etc. This! Seriously I sit at a computer all day at wok and I also play alot of starcraft. I think it really comes down to proper posture. and correct desk height and also some physical activity outside of the computer chair. | ||
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Trusty
New Zealand520 Posts
It's why most of them are suffering wrist/hand related injuries in their late 20's and early 30's. It's extremely bad for you to do what 'team houses' do. Yet we all do it, I did it at university (spend endless endless hours in the pc bang). You can sit at the correct height, have the correct posture, but at the end of the day it doesn't help for playing games. Your force your left hand to do tasks that should be done with a combination of hands. You will have overuse on whatever you use to push shift/ctrl/alt. Wrists were not designed to do these extreme micro movements over and over for 12hours+ a day. You pay the price eventually. I've been lucky to avoid carpal tunnel myself, but I have onset of pain much more quickly now in my left pinky (ctrl/shift) and right index (mouse1) fingers than when I was 20 (which I wouldn't feel any pain at all really...). The generic keyboard itself is terrible for gaming, but it's just such a standard tool that it will never change. We can hope, though. | ||
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GohgamX
Canada1096 Posts
 Hopefully with modern keyboards and mice this problem ceases to exist. | ||
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imperator-xy
Germany1366 Posts
On October 11 2012 02:51 ImustnotfeaR wrote: everyones hand has different limits - thats why some people become concert pianists and some do not no you become concert pianist if you practise playing piano every day, starting at a very young age. you do not become concert pianist if you dont practise every day. | ||
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TapetalKarma
United States127 Posts
On October 11 2012 04:48 imperator-xy wrote: no you become concert pianist if you practise playing piano every day, starting at a very young age. you do not become concert pianist if you dont practise every day. its funny you say that because im a concert pianist and ive only been playing for 3 years and i practice 2 days of the week | ||
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