• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 16:07
CEST 22:07
KST 05:07
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard"2ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live!20Weekly Cups (July 13-19): Terran & Protoss rise; Zerg falters2Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16)89Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format17
StarCraft 2
General
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format How would you feel about frequent/monthly balance patches for SC2? Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard" Weekly Cups (July 13-19): Terran & Protoss rise; Zerg falters
Tourneys
IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly INu's Battles#18 - Cure, herO, Rogue & ByuN RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) WardiTV Summer Cup 2026
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Industrial Park New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate
External Content
Mutation # 535 Assembly of Vengeance The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion How Famous was FlaSh before his Debut? Animated Gateway BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ HORROR STARCRAFT MOVIE
Tourneys
Escore Tournament - Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers PvT advise for noobs Fighting Spirit mining rates Creating a full chart of Zerg builds
Other Games
General Games
ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live! Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Diablo IV
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Artificial Intelligence Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread How to buy a book - shipping from Korea to Europe The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Series you have seen recently... Movie Discussion! [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 McBoner: A hockey love story
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
How Games can Help with Majo…
TrAiDoS
Hello guys!
LIN1s
ASL S22 English Commentary…
namkraft
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 4568 users

Is enough being done about ergonomics/posture?

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
ScrappyRabbit
Profile Joined March 2016
200 Posts
May 20 2022 00:59 GMT
#1
I feel like RSI is a really bad and somewhat fixable problem, especially on the Korean scene. Every pro-gamer should see a posture coach at some point.

"Gaming Chairs" should be made for the sole reason of keeping backs and wrists healthy by encouraging good posture. Mouses (and mousepads) should be designed with ergonomics in mind -- I feel like I don't see any wrist-wrests on player mousepads. I'm sick of seeing Byun take timeouts in games because he's in excruciating pain, or Maru's level of play go up and down depending on how his wrist is feeling, or seeing someone like MVP have to retire early.

And if a company/team sponsor was actually able to give its players an advantage and keep them off the IR with products that helped the gamers, that would make much more sense as an advertisement that choosing a telecom company or which airline to fly based on eSports tournament results. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden592 Posts
May 20 2022 06:42 GMT
#2
Having some education in ergonomics is great. Having a dedicated ergonomics person to help the professionals would be great. But having 1 per team is overkill as they are needed more as a temporary consultant than as a coworker.

Having a few ergonomics coaches in the scene that gets hired to help players improve posture and get gear that is fitting for them, would probably be a really good thing.

Ergonomics is very individual, so it is hard to do a good job with each player. Big Gabe needs something completely different from what Babymarine needs.
Add to that the market wanting to sell things and giving misleading information. E.g. the early expensive gaming chairs were worse than good office chairs. Office work is very similar to gaming and it has been developed for decades. Current gaming chairs are way better than the old ones but I haven't read any recent studies on comparisons with office chairs.

It is a good thought. I doubt SC2 have the means to keep it stable, though.
How are LoL, DotA etc. doing it?
Random Platinum EU
Vision_
Profile Joined September 2018
876 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-05-20 10:16:54
May 20 2022 10:16 GMT
#3
I think pro players like if you are driving car, have to stop playing during one/half an hour every two hours.
It s the better way to preserve from injury in my point of view.
Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2106 Posts
May 20 2022 10:24 GMT
#4
its too late for me, i already look like a shrimp
WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. @imjustziggy
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1005 Posts
May 20 2022 11:29 GMT
#5
After awhile, even the most stringent measures do not prevent repetitive injuries, only stymies them.

Everything you're saying is totally true, but we're talking about pro gamers who are abusing their wrists for probably 10 + hours daily 350 + days a year.
ScrappyRabbit
Profile Joined March 2016
200 Posts
May 23 2022 21:20 GMT
#6
On May 20 2022 20:29 Beelzebub1 wrote:
After awhile, even the most stringent measures do not prevent repetitive injuries, only stymies them.

Everything you're saying is totally true, but we're talking about pro gamers who are abusing their wrists for probably 10 + hours daily 350 + days a year.


That could be the biggest answer of all -- make it part of the culture to get up, walk around, and stretch out your wrists for AT LEAST 10 minutes per hour of practice, and icing/resting/stretching for 30 minutes every 4 or so hours, instead of burning through 10 straight hours.
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 3h 53m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 767
Railgan 50
FoxeR 27
RushiSC 25
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 2980
ggaemo 138
HiyA 14
League of Legends
Doublelift2174
Counter-Strike
fl0m4731
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu389
Other Games
Grubby2907
tarik_tv2666
Beastyqt587
Mlord322
Livibee305
B2W.Neo228
UpATreeSC170
ArmadaUGS160
C9.Mang0143
TKL 130
summit1g59
ZombieGrub57
Trikslyr56
KnowMe47
MindelVK4
Organizations
Other Games
BasetradeTV220
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• LUISG 7
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 36
• blackmanpl 35
• iopq 5
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
League of Legends
• TFBlade1077
Other Games
• imaqtpie659
• Shiphtur443
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
3h 53m
Escore
13h 53m
CrankTV Team League
14h 53m
WardiTV Summer Champion…
15h 53m
Big Brain Bouts
19h 53m
Soulspirit vs goblin
TriGGeR vs Bunny
OSC
1d 1h
Korean StarCraft League
1d 6h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 7h
RSL Revival
1d 12h
Serral vs SHIN
herO vs Solar
Online Event
1d 18h
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
Clem vs ByuN
Rogue vs Lambo
OSC
2 days
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
INu's Battles
4 days
Cure vs herO
ByuN vs Rogue
PiGosaur Cup
5 days
The PondCast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
5 days
Patches Events
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-22
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E3

Ongoing

CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #2
CSLAN 4
ASL Season 22
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.