As I get older I can feel this dull ache in the wrist after a few games of Dota and I realize how gaming is both physically and mentally taxing on the body. Getting older is a real curse.
Anybody managed to fix this type of pain?

Stop masturbating. It's gucking embarassing how many young guys with early wrist pain are also chronic porn addicts.

>>713015629 (OP)
That happens because of literally your pic, you should have your wrist as straight as possible

Use your nose

>>713015629 (OP)
how old?

>>713015629 (OP)
play more games with a controller I'm not even joking. if it has controller support and doesn't full on require a mouse to be playable then you will absolutely save yourself some wrist pain.
I play shit like Mass Effect, or platformers, or so on with a controller specifically for this reason, but any FPS stuff or TTRPGs or such i use a mouse for.

>>713015742
I don't masturbate with my right hand

>>713015629 (OP)
How many miles of running do you do per week? How many pushups and crunches do you do per day?

I stopped getting that type of pain after swapping to a vertical mouse particularly for work. Takes some getting used to + at least for me I'm still worse at FPS games with it even after 6+ months using one but beats physical pain.

Stop going for hours every day

So you've been gayming for 20, 30 years and still haven't bought a proper ergonomic chair and forearm support. It sounds like a (You) problem.

>>713015629 (OP)
literally just get one of these

>>713015629 (OP)
I've recently bought keyboard + mouse Logitech Ergo
it's hard to get used to it, but I think it pays off

>>713015629 (OP)
Is the picture you post how you usually have your wrist positioned? Make sure to do stretches for the wrist and strengthen your grip with a grip strengthener and wrist curls
>>713015961
>cardio and pec/ab workouts
How does any of that have to do with wrist injuries?

>>713016571
I have this one >>713016594 and it helps a little but I still have pain. My wrist is pretty fucked from years of abuse. I started doing some hand/wrist exercises the other day so hopefully I'll see some improvement in a few months.

>>713016789
>How does any of that have to do with wrist injuries?
What wrist injury? OP didn't mention any injury.

>>713015629 (OP)

I work IT, gaming since I was 5, thousands of hours in dota and league, countless clicker games.

Whenever I start noticing discomfort I do the exercises in the video and they go away within a week.

Havent had to do them in a year or two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEldqYUcJxU

>>713017107
Go full autismo and buy an ergorest, or the chink knockoff on Amazon for half the price.

>>713015629 (OP)
Vertical mouse, stretch often, have good posture, do at least some light exercise
getting old fucks you up bro you legit gotta start taking better care of yourself
also avoid wrist rests, never rest your wrist anywhere

>>713017317

Also use this at work, not much good for gaming, but since most of my time is at work using a mouse at home is fine.

https://contourdesign.com/collections/rollermouse

>>713016571
vertical mice just shift stress to different muscles, they don't actually fix the underlying issue and are just tools people use to fuck up other parts of their hand over time if they repeat the same issues as the first
also, do not use the dumb retarded wrist guard shit (NEVER EVER IT IS ACTUALLY AN ACCELERATOR)
realistically you should've just fixed your fucking posture and taken breaks when you felt any sort of pain

>>713015629 (OP)
take as long of a break from gaming as you can, do hand/wrist exercises and ideally go the gym and do a simple full body exercise.

get a trackball mouse to use for browsing the web so you're using diff muscles. take breaks A LOT.

>>713017107
get a stress ball or something similar to squeeze move from using the tips of your fingers to your big knuckle and back

>>713015629 (OP)
dont hold your mouse like a retard.
the person in your pic is holding their mouse like a fucking retard.

>>713015861
I'm guessing 24, that's usually around the age of these "oh I'm so old now life is pain" type posts.

>>713015629 (OP)
Get an ergonomic mouse. "Shark fin" style

>>713017513
>wrist guard shit
You mean a brace?
>realistically you should've just fixed your fucking posture and taken breaks when you felt any sort of pain
Hindsight's a bitch, unfortunately.

>>713017539
I bought one of these cheap kits. Been trying to do a few sets a day with all of them.

My wrists are legitimately fragile as fuck and my finger joints are stiff all the time. On my left wrist, my ECU tendon pops out

>>713017513
>wrist guard shit
Like picrel? Then I'm irreversibly fucked, I've been using one for like 15 years

boomers always complaining about hurting, maybe exercise instead of consuming goyslop all day and youll feel better

>>713017373
>>713017462
Who do I trust here?

>>713018318
no, he means (pic related)

>>713018686
It looks like it restricts your movements and forces your hand into some position your hand might not want to be in. Wouldn't use either way.

>>713018318
A wrist brace should wrap around your thumb to limit certain movements, I sincerely hope you're not using whatever the fuck this is for GAMING.
>>713018012
My bad, I specifically meant a mouse pad with a wrist rest.
>>713018451
Your wrist should not be touching anything when you use a mouse, it should be elevated from the table and not touching anything.

>>713015629 (OP)
>He didn't pick up a string instrument or drum to build up his hand strenght.
Sucks to be you, I guess.

>>713018686
I worry if I wear one for too long, I might fuck up my circulation

>>713017513
>vertical mice just shift stress to different muscles, they don't actually fix the underlying issue and are just tools people use to fuck up other parts of their hand over time if they repeat the same issues as the first
How is that bad? You're starting to hurt one type of muscle so you switch to another. Rinse and repeat.

And with vertical mice it's much easier to not have your wrist touching anything. So you're contradicting yourself.

>>713015629 (OP)
This but my thumb
I simply can't play any console because my thumb will hurt a lot with any controller. I blame those button mashing games

>>713015629 (OP)
Do people really use the computer with their wrists super bent like that? I keep my wrists almost flat with a high desk

>>713015629 (OP)
>Do wrist curls all the time
>Stretch them often
>Zero wrist pain despite basically a decade of gaming 12 hours a day

>>713020294
There are people who don't have standing desks either, it's rough out there for pooroids.

>>713020652
I am poor, i found the desk for free someone tossed it and nothing was wrong with it

>>713019536
If you are actively damaging your body, the solution is not to just start damaging other parts. Wrist pain is not a fucking gym exercise.
>>713019864
>And with vertical mice it's much easier to not have your wrist touching anything
Absofucking lutely not, the average vertical mice is incredibly heavy compared to an average one and if you're touching the desk/mousepad with your wrist before, odds are you're going to be touching it with the side of your wrist instead because you don't magically just stop holding a mouse correct when you swap out, unless the one you're using in the first place is an incorrect size and you manage to luck out on a vertical mouse being the right size and just correct for your hand and posture somehow.

In fact, using a vertical mouse incorrectly is a hundred times worse than a regular mouse

>>713015629 (OP)
Get a comfier mouse, quit death gripping it and hold your arm more parallel to the desk. Take some time off before that dull ache becomes a searing pain that permanently stops you from playing on mouse and keyboard.

By not playing games with keyboard and mouse anymore since I have some permanent damage in my left hand. Controllers don't cause problems.

>>713015629 (OP)
Don't play RTS or ASSFAGGOTS.

>>713015865
My thumbs are under constant stress at this point, there's no winning.

>>713015629 (OP)
>Anybody managed to fix this type of pain?
No, but I've learned the videogames that cause the pain aren't worth it. I don't play fighting or action games anymore because there's too much movement, not worth the pain. I've found other genres that are easier on the wrist and play more moderately

>>713015629 (OP)
u'm close to forty and i have zero discomfort anywhere. i haven't had a headache in fifteen years since i started getting massages. get massages. there are ancient schools for this and you need to take advantage of its benefits
>first time like fifteen years ago
>my sinuses simultaneously start clearing up when the girl massages the knots of of my neck and shoulder area
>absolutely stunned because i've had minor allergies that clog my nose since i was a kid
>few more times and my sinuses are completely cleared
you can be fat as hell. they won't care. just don't be smelly, but they'll take that up to a certain point

>>713015629 (OP)
Get an ergonomic mouse and keyboard
If the pain persists you'll have to see a doctor

>>713018318
You need a proper elastic one that wraps around, and you wrap it around a bit higher, about 1-2cm. The idea is to restrict wrist movement, that far down it's going to do jack shit. The thumb stuff is better but sucks long-term for blood flow.

>>713019138
People who have such issues know that that the wrist rotation and force application combo of stopping strings has the same aggravation as using kb/m. I have to stop playing guitar when it flares up. Wrist strain issues are common for pianists. Etc etc.

>>713015629 (OP)
>Anybody managed to fix this type of pain?
Switch between a vertical mouse and a regular mouse throughout the day.
Using a vertical mouse 100% of the time is not going to help, you're still going to get a repetitive stress injury. There is nothing inherently "ergonomic" about a vertical mouse. You need both mice plugged in at the same time.

>>713024248
I'm using it because it feels very uncomfortable without any support under the wrist at all, the hand feels way too "free". And wrist support mousepad feels bad because it limits the hand movement a lot, so the sweatband is kinda middle-ground, I can move my hand all over the big mousepad when I want, yet the wrist movement is still a bit limited. No way in hell I'm wearing some tight band on my hand for 10+ hours.

>>713015629 (OP)
ya it's super ez. quit fucking playing dota

I've started to very slightly feel my carpal tunnel the last 2 days
is it already ogre or is it still salvageable

>>713015629 (OP)
swap to your left hand if you're just browsing the internet or something.

for me it was getting a desk extender thing like picrel and putting a small pillow on it. I rest my elbow on the pillow and my forearm is basically parallel to the desk. Also have a soft mousepad.
Haven't had wrist cramps since and I play lots of games with the mouse.

>>713015742
>phone poster is a no fap zoomer

>>713015629 (OP)
I had this happen to me OP, it's not reversible 100% but you can make it much better and with care you won't notice it much. Get some type of support for your wrist, also do some exercises for your wrist, when not gaming use a mouse with a trackpad instead, don't bend the wrist and try to avoid putting it in that position most of the time. It'll get better, mine got really bad. and if i stop doing some of the tips i just gave you I can feel it creep in again, so I start.
It's annoying to still have a bit of it but for a while my whole wrist hurt as hell it was awful.

>>713015629 (OP)
Do dumbbell wrist curls and then start doing gymnast ring false grip pullups then ring muscle ups. You are a skeleton with no muscle to support your ligaments and tendons.

>>713029652
>mouse with a trackpad
You mean a trackball? I can't find any with a pad.

>>713015629 (OP)
There really aren't any "tricks"
You're old now, you can't play games as long as you could anymore.

For me I used to love Binding of Isaac. Now I'm lucky if my hands can get me through a single run.

I thought I had ulnar nerve issues and it turned out it was b12 deficiency. Got shots, numbness and pain went away
Weird

I grew up using controllers and kb/m because I loved SNES/Genesis/PS and my PC so using either feels natural although I prefer certain games with one over the other.
I started using controller more and it helped a lot.

>>713033815
There are a shocking amount of issues that could be solved with vitamins but people just choose to live with them instead

>>713031659
yeah trackball i'm a dumbass, i got a logitech one, it's pretty good, I actually also use it for gaming but I don't play FPS, mostly RTS

>>713035094
I cannot even believe that was a thing but I went from two fingers numb for 2 months to normal so now I know how series vitamins can be. Started taking lots of d3 now too along with trying to get some sun.
Still won't play Path of Exile until they add WASD like PoE 2 or fix the controller shit, though. 7k hours and my hands just can't take it.

>>713035502
D3 is really, really good. Especially if you work indoors. Look into magnesium as well, so many people don't even realize they have a magnesium deficiency.

>>713035094
Are those multivitamin pills good enough or should I go get my blood tested?

>>713035979
if you're deficient pills won't catch you up
Do make sure you buy good quality stuff if you're in the US though. Companies cut vitamins with bullshit. Vitafusion and Nature's Bounty are both brands with clean vitamins

>>713017229
nta but now you're just pretending to be retarded

>>713035979
I take a multivitamin, d3 and magnesium + ashwaganda personally and the difference has been night and day but it never hurts to go get your blood tested. Could warn you about other stuff too.

>>713015629 (OP)
Ive got this genetic thing where the tendons or ligaments or whatever in my hand tighten. Its not bad now but at rest my hand is more closed than normal. My mom and uncle have it where at rest their hands are like monkeys paws all curled into a fist. Apparantly theres a surgery for it

>>713036432
Is your uncle also your dad?
Jokes aside get the surgery sooner rather than later if you're able to

>>713036550
Doc says to not get it til it gets bad and anasthesia sends me into a very out of character depressive spiral, so Im gonna wait til Im like 50ish(33 now)

>>713036306
Do you think pain =injury? Fucking christ were you raised on morphine?

>>713036776
Ah at least you've got a plan then. Off-topic but do they know what causes the anesthesia side effects for you? It does something similar to me too, not depressive but I feel legitimately retarded for like a month after. It also apparently isn't very effective on me even though I'm not a very large guy.

>>713036893
do you literally have autism? if yes then i apologize

>>713036978
No clue, the dentist who pulled my wisdom teeth said "depression isnt a side effect of propofol or fentanyl" I spoke with my then doctor who said "that doesnt happen" and then my new doctor who said "Ive never seen it personally but you did get a hit of hard drugs, you might have just had a severe hormonal bottoming out". Mind you Im not depressive and am pretty content with my life, so to be told "thats not real" as Im feeling the closest Ive ever felt to "I could just fuckin do it and noone would care" for 3 months pissed me off quite a bit

>>713037293
>to be told "thats not real" as Im feeling the closest Ive ever felt to "I could just fuckin do it and noone would care" for 3 months pissed me off quite a bit
No doubt, fuckin hell doctors can be egotistical assholes sometimes.

>>713015629 (OP)
get a wrist assisted pad that you can rest against, and start eating more collagen, easy to make some soup with some chicken feet added in, also look into glucosamine chondroitin + MSM, helped with my joint pain after playing sports for years