/v/ - Video Games

>>15995203

I think that could still strain me. I noticed it's the worst when I go from W to S. When I was a kid I used to use sdf and then shift to go back so my fingers were always resting. I should try that maybe,

Post a pic of how you hold your hand neutral over WASD or delete the thread

>>15995191

I've never had this problem unless I'm mashing shift or control for months at a time. I've always had my keyboard in my lap. Try relaxing your right hand in the most natural position on your thigh and placing the keyboard where your fingers rest.

>>15995203

I'm going to guess that's a Razer keyboard.

How high is your desk compared to your hard position ?

Are those squishy wrist rest things worth a shit?

Going slightly off-topic here, but does anyone else have issues with that nerve in your elbow getting fucked up that causes the entire pinky-side of your arm to go numb? What did you do to fix it?

people itt need better posture, ergonomics, and to probably exercise

my wrists are fine but my fingers are going to fly off my hand one day

>>15995740

If something like this doesn't help then you should probably go see a doctor. You have to do something really fucked up to deal nerve damage from gaming. I've also read that you can heal damaged nerves by massaging them everyday, so you could try finding the spots on the arm that stimulate it the most and just rubbing it. Of course you have to stop whatever it is that is killing it.

>>15995191

Stop being a soyboy.

If it's too difficult start wanking regularly to work out your wrists.

>>15995191

Dude someone on this board showed me the light.

T

FGH

Your hand feels more comfortable, you have SO many keys and everything feels so much more natural

>>15995203

100% this

>>15995191

Get a true ergo keyboard if you want to get serious. I use a Kinesis Advantage 2.

>>15995191

WRIST UP

Try playing more intense games so your wrists can become stronger

>>15995203

Can't you just, you know, move the keyboard? I still see no benefit from just offsetting shit a bit to the right instead of just moving the whole keyboard.

>>15998442

Just get a good chair and stop being gay, dude.

My sports doc recommended tractions after my wrist began acting up. You wrap your other hand over your pained hand, grab under thumb and pinky, and do gentle tugs. This helped with my wrist pain on some positions. Alternatively do >>15996310 (which i can't check now, it might just as well be as i described)

>>15998442

Either get a chair or table that ensures that you don't have to lean down to see shit. It won't unfuck bad posture by itself but it will make you less likely to keep falling back to it.

Genuine advice, if your wrist is cramping up that bad, you might was to look into a dedicated "gameboard"

>>15998713

Or if you're being all serious like you might suggest he move his fat ass now and then. Do some push ups, chop some wood etc.

>>15998720

You and I both know he's not gonna do that

>>15998720

More strain will not help fix RSI, genius.

You should go see a doctor if you can afford it. Otherwise you need to work on your posture and exercises. I had wrist problems typing on keyboard for a while until I finally could afford a proper chair to adjust my height. Elbow position and distance is key to preventing corporal tunnel. I don't play PC games often because I have a potato. I mostly write fiction and draw in my spare time which can kill your hands just as quick.

>>15995740

It's from resting on the nerve in your arm. I was alarmed when this started happening to me in my mid 30s. Looked online and talked to dr, not a big deal. Change the way you lean/put pressure on your elbow. I find at the desk it helps to have my elbows hanging off and use my forearms as the point of contact. Build your forearms muscles up too, it helps. Get a hand gripper and use it.

>>15998700

I want to stick a pin in there

>>15998973

If I inserted a BB into his arm do you think it could make it all the way to his heart?

>>15998997

Look at those veins, there's so much blood pressure that the BB would shoot back at you and kill you

>>15995191

Use a controller.

>>16010673

controllers aren't that ergonomic, see the dpad and how they're not wide enough like a keyboard

>>15995659

I use one for my mousing hand and it's definitely better than potentially raking tendons and other wrist meats against a desk edge.

>>15995191

>>15995210

TFGH

>Resting your wrist on the desk or keyboard.

Subhuman behavior. Sad!

>>16010903

Really? There was a mouse thread or something a while back with some anon that eats onions constantly and practically melts all plastics they touch.

>>16010927

If someone has that pic that would be great, couldn't find it, he about skeletonized the top of some mouse if I recall correctly.

>>15995659

Yes.

make sure your wrist angle is correct, use adjustable chair or table that leaves you with ~90 degree angle between forearm and upper arm

>>16012276

That is the worst angle. You don't what your nerves stretched around the outside of your elbow. Optimal arm posture is a split between shoulder and elbow with straight wrists, like a pianist.

>>15995659

>>16010977

No.

Wresting the weight of your arms and hands on your wrists is the most stupid thing you could possibly do.

Find the meatiest part of your forearm, and wrest your arm on it.

Muscle is a cushion.

b6 fixes carpel tunnel, it increases serotonin though (serotonin syndrome) and causes neuropathy through continued dosages.

I gave myself a wrist palsy for about a week playing Wurm for too long the first time I joined, had my arm out to the side with the palm bent back for 6+ hours barely moving from the spot so the next day when the numb/pain kicked in I was mighty pissed off cos I was gonna do the same again. Sitting cross-legged, the only way I could operate without aggroing it was to tilt the keyboard up my leg so my hand just fell onto it naturally.

Even with /fit/ you may still be prone to twanging a nerve through prolonged extension but strengthening ones wrists with stretches and hammer curls is a good idea anyway.