well, watch out if your whole left arm gets numb, might be a heartattack :)
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I'm at high risk for heart problems so lets hope it doesn't come to that :P
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Well...
Back in the days, while playing X-Wing, my joystick broke cause I kinda pulled up to hard (shame on you for laughing now).
Because that stick was all I was holding on to, I got jolted into the backrest of my chair, the chair tilted, I tried to get a grip on s.th. to prevent me from hitting the ground, all I could reach was a flowerpot, so my head slammed on the ground, and said flowerpot hit my face.
Result: A minor skull fracture, concussion and a broken hand.
And that´s a true story. :)
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I'm not really sure what mine is. Every so often my left arm kind of feels sore, and I don't have to have just been gaming for it to happen. Once it starts up, it's normally going to be like that for the rest of the day. I know it's from the 300 hours of WASDing in Binding of Isaac. I've stopped playing Isaac for a bit, does anyone know what it is?
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Could be carpal tunnel. I know once it gets bad it'll effect your entire arm and shoulder.
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I once felt pain in my mouse hand (right), then I suspected it was CTS. But then I think logically myself and position my arm to not focusing the weight/pressure on my wrist, like having elbow support, push your wrist forward into the desk (don't put your wrist at the edge of the desk/anything you're leaning at), etc etc and you should be fine. Just take a rest if you think you've played for too long.
I had it when I played BioShock, was playing like 5 hrs straight for a couple days pressuring my wrist. I had it coming.
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So recently, I noticed my pinky and ring finger on my left hand were becoming numb after playing for a while. I found out that I had irritated my carpal tunnel, so now I have to wear a wrist restraint for part of the day to let it heal. Has anyone else gotten any gaming injuries?
For those wondering, I game on a laptop which isn't very ergonomical. I can still play with the wrist restraint, but I'm not as versatile and usually have to resort to just sniping in most FPS games.
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