The Gamer's Quarter

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

My wrist is kind of hurting, so I took a little break from work. Anybody have experience with repetitive stress from typing too much or whatever?

I guess I'll keep this short.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject:

yes.

short version - braces help. rest helps a lot. physical therapy helps.

doing the stuff that hurts you doesn't help.

long story short: find a new line of work/hobby if you want to avoid surgery.
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david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

Shit, did you have surgery?
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dhex · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject:

no, but i am TUFF.

also, i just have a high threshold to pain and realize i can't keep being a designer for more than another 2 years or so, hence my moving more into the marketing/pr side of things and basically abandoning console gaming (i find the joystick stuff just plain fucking hurts)
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject:

my knee's been hurting for the last week. i think it was hauling the desk out of the garbage. it's going away, though.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

man knees are bad news too. my mom's post-polio syndrome has been messing her up lately, though she's probably on the road for a TJR procedure at some point in the next three years since cortisone doesn't help that much.
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Persona-sama · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

Dhex, I imagine you'd be one of those guys who'll go in for brain surgery in the morning, have 5 bolts drilled into your head, get circuit boards shoved into the malleable parts of your cerebellum, and then come out of it fine enough to hit the bar with the boys. :/
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dhex · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject:

maybe when i was young, but shit man i turn 30 this year.

fuuuuuuuuuuck.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Shut up whippersnapper.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Beatmania IIDX gives me pain in my wrists SO BAD.

Seriously. It does.

I had to stop playing the game because I'm pretty sure I would end up with surgery.

Also, my mother in law had carpel tunnel (sp?) surgery. Her hand looks all nasty now and it really really hurt. She lost some fine motor skills from it too. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU!
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