Reducing wrist fatigue from SC2 mouse use? - Page 2

renkin

France249 Posts

April 29 2013 14:36 GMT

#21

Thanks for the various links everyone it's helpfull for me as well.

In my case I'm using a mousepad with wrist support + Show Spoiler +

it perfectly fits the position linked by Nerski + Show Spoiler +

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/carpal-tunnel/proper-hand-and-wrist-position-for-mouse-and-trackball-use

I've used this for years, both at work and at home. I play SC2 and fast fps and never had any wrist problems.

Honeybadger

United States821 Posts

April 29 2013 18:05 GMT

#22

as an EMT who sees wrist injuries all the time, and a 5-day/week weight lifter, with a physical therapist girlfriend, stretch.

Masayuma above may have had a bad experience, but stretching when you already HAVE an injury to a tendon can be bad and must be supervised. But good old preventative stretching won't hurt you unless you're too dumb to recognize when it's too far (and you'd probably be dead by now already if you didn't have that skill)

Stretch, relax, and take breaks. Don't push it too hard. Do TLO's stretches (pull on your fingertips with your other hand and pull up, down, just until you feel a stretch in the muscles)

One thing not mentioned, is strength exercises

Buy yourself a weight, for most people about 8-10lbs, and place your forearm flat on your thigh with your hand hanging off and pointing down. grasp the weight and do three sets of 10-12 reps of lifting that weight all the way up from bottom to top. Then do it the other way by just flipping your arm over.

When I first started lifting, my forearms were strong, but my wrists were unbelievably weak. They'd crack and make all sorts of horrible noises. through low intensity exercise (essentially what I described above) you will build not only your forearm muscles, but the stabilizing muscles around your wrists.

Masayume

Netherlands208 Posts

April 29 2013 21:09 GMT

#23

I agree with Honeybadger and should have clarified his point about preventative stretching vs stretching when micro tears have already occured in my own post. And everyone should build up forearm and wrist strength as described above. It's not only good for playing Starcraft, but also in every area of life to prevent trauma or injury.

Can't stress this enough because it's so important and overlooked. Thanks for the great post Honeybadger!

And here's a nice and interesting video about forearm strength training from an expert on the subject with many years of experience (If you already have pain, go see a professional and don't try anything yourself!):

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