A side effect of gaming..

[DM Hunt3r]

So I went to the doctors office the other day with pain in both of my hands. It turns out that I have moderate "playstation thumb" in both of my hands because of gaming. Sounds dumb as hell right? Well it's a form of something called Repetitive strain injury (RSI). It's caused by the awkward positioning of the hands on a playstation remote and/or psp. For me it's in both of my thumbs, likely from the constant use of the thumbsticks. The symptoms include severe muscle cramps periodically, especially during times of gaming. I told him that quitting gaming was not an option at the moment, so he told me that the best thing I could do was to ice it every once in a while and stretch it constantly. So a warning to all fellow DM and gamers, make sure you take breaks every once in a while and make sure you're stretching.

 

[DM Psycotic]

we know already about RSI;p
it can happen from using the computer, playing an instrument.
its not a big deal, really. i play the guitar, i play psp, ps3, im on the computer all day... no biggie.
and when i say i do all this stuff, i do it for large periods of time...

 

[DM Hunt3r]

we know already about RSI;p
it can happen from using the computer, playing an instrument.
its not a big deal, really. i play the guitar, i play psp, ps3, im on the computer all day... no biggie.
and when i say i do all this stuff, i do it for large periods of time...

Well I play the Viola, and I have for 7 years. I'm minoring in music in college. 3/4 of my day revolve around music, video games, baseball, and writing. So yeah, it's quite a big deal to me if I can hardly bare the pain in my thumbs the whole day.

 

[Simkin]

well you always use yuopur thumb wwhen your writing?

 

[DM Hunt3r]

I'm left handed and was never taught to write correctly and my thumb is what I primarily use to write.

 

[DM Psycotic]

lol you know what you should do?
take a rest. like for a week. dont put so much force on the pen, and stuff...
happens to me all the time.
about a week later, im good;p

TAKE YO VITAMINS!

 

[DM Hunt3r]

lol you know what you should do?
take a rest. like for a week. dont put so much force on the pen, and stuff...
happens to me all the time.
about a week later, im good;p

TAKE YO VITAMINS!

I take a one a day for men every day lol. Gets me like 1000% worth of every vitamin there is and I hear it helps a mans' semen. ;D

 

[DM Raiden]

been gaming since i was three, play basketball once in a while, use my laptop almost everyday, and i never had this problem...except gaming kinda messed up my eyes

 

[DM FlyMEXboy]

Yea dude it's the psp trust, I've played everything and the psp is the only thing that made my hands cramp up, that and a broken x button..... But yea just crack ur fingers and you should be good

 

[DM ViSiioNaRY]

been gaming since i was three, play basketball once in a while, use my laptop almost everyday, and i never had this problem...except gaming kinda messed up my eyes

tel me bout it.. i fuked my eyes up too......

 

[DM Hunt3r]

Yea dude it's the psp trust, I've played everything and the psp is the only thing that made my hands cramp up, that and a broken x button..... But yea just crack ur fingers and you should be good

Oh I know it's the PSP. Fucking sony just because your hands are tiny over there in Japan doesn't mean you should ship tiny PSP's to america...

 

[DM DHomeboy]

lmao hunt, and Mex popping ya fingers can result in severe authoritis (how ever u spell it) in the futuer. so u may solve this prob now, and temporarily but ur fucking ur knuckels over in the future

 

[DM FlyMEXboy]

It doesn't cause arthritis, put to much stress over the years in one area of your body causes arthritis u dee dee dee

 

[DM firevice]

prime example of why xbox analog sticks > ps3 analog sticks

 

[DM Viktomize]

lmao hunt, and Mex popping ya fingers can result in severe authoritis (how ever u spell it) in the futuer. so u may solve this prob now, and temporarily but ur fucking ur knuckels over in the future

Cracking your fingers has been proved to have no links whatsoever to arthritis.

 

[DM FlyMEXboy]

prime example of why xbox analog sticks > ps3 analog sticks

Prime example of y u fail, he's talking bout the psp and this can easily happen with the 360 controller too

 

[DM firevice]

idc if i fail

 

[DM xFantin]

prime example of why xbox analog sticks > ps3 analog sticks

Or that someone needs to go outside! :biggrin:

 

[DM Sandman]

Well I play the Viola, and I have for 7 years. I'm minoring in music in college. 3/4 of my day revolve around music, video games, baseball, and writing. So yeah, it's quite a big deal to me if I can hardly bare the pain in my thumbs the whole day.

i believe u forgot masterbating

jk bro, im sorry to hear this man. just take care of urself, and just slow it down a bit

 

[DM 951RPN]

i hear you Hunt, i had that same shit happen to me, i stopped playing my psp for like 2 days, and then i just kind of took breaks like your doc told you and now im coo, although sometimes i still get some pain