any ways to prevent wrist pain?

just built my new pc a few days ago and havent got off it O_O...but my rist frequently hurts due to the positioning of my hands...any way people have learned to stop this?

It could mean that you are beginning to experince Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, that means less time at the computer before it becomes permanent. Google it.

I started to develop wrist pain/RSI some years ago, to the extent that I had to wear a wrist support almost constantly.

The solution was simple for me - I changed the mouse I was using to a more comfortable fit for my hand, and adjusted the height of the keyboard/mouse by getting a desk with a pull out keyboard rest. In your post you seemed to indicate your hands were at an awkward position - so you really need to change that until it feels natural. If your mouse surface is too low, raise it, or vice versa. And maybe you need to find a different mouse.

My wrists used to kill me when i spent all day playing WoW on my tiny laptop. They dont hurt anymore since im using a desktop with some slight wrist pads, and playing less cause of work.

edit: My wrist issue got so bad my pinkie was numb for almost a straight month, even off the pc. It thankfully went away.

Get a more comfortable set up on your desk, wrist pads, gel mouse mats etc. Stretch regularly and do hand, finger and wrist excersises. I play guitar so I have that covered, but a Powerball or hand grips may help.

as others said, you need to have your hand relaxing more. the form your mouse has CAN help with this, if the house has a form your hand can not relax with, it will be tense.

Also, its important not to have your hand reaching too far up (sitting on too low a chair for your table, or too high).

Also do remember to stretch from time to time, just something like 20 secs when youre dead in a game, and the hand feels a bit stiff. clense and release works well (altho Ive rarely playied long enough to have it happen to me by time, I DID have a mouse that caused it pretty quick tho)

i use mousepad with wrist rest on both keyboard and mouse, never had any problems anymore since then.

just built my new pc a few days ago and havent got off it O_O...but my rist frequently hurts due to the positioning of my hands...any way people have learned to stop this?

laliberte11

I started to develop wrist pain/RSI some years ago, to the extent that I had to wear a wrist support almost constantly.

The solution was simple for me - I changed the mouse I was using to a more comfortable fit for my hand, and adjusted the height of the keyboard/mouse by getting a desk with a pull out keyboard rest. In your post you seemed to indicate your hands were at an awkward position - so you really need to change that until it feels natural. If your mouse surface is too low, raise it, or vice versa. And maybe you need to find a different mouse.

RobertBowen

My wrist issue got so bad my pinkie was numb for almost a straight month, even off the pc. It thankfully went away.IxX3xil3d0n3XxI

Just be relaxed, get a chair that's comfortable and your hand sits relaxed at the level of your desk (if the hand is hanging it actually puts more stress on your wrist than "resting" your hand on the desk and mouse) and don't squeeze the mouse, just casually hold your hand on it. been 15 years since I had such problems (^ that specific problem) and I use nothing special for this and I use the PC all day long.

There's a joke in here somewhere...

There's a joke in here somewhere...

weisguy119

i use mousepad with wrist rest on both keyboard and mouse, never had any problems anymore since then.

Tuzolord

with wrist pain allways use icepacks.

heat tend to worsen things.

quit beating off so much and if u can't vicodin is good 4 pain!!

wecanfunk

Well, just a few tips I've heard:

1. Get some wrist support, make sure you can be more comfortable with your mouse/keyboard

2. Change your positioning, you might be in a bad positioning with your wrist

3. Stop and take a break every now and then, don't go overboard

4. With some games, just go ahead and plug in a controller if you don't absolutely need the complexity and accuracy of a keyboard, its definitely much better on the wrists (though pinky numbness is pretty common for me)

-Chair with good elbow support.

-Arm horizontal with a gel pad mousemat.

-High dpi sensitive mouse so you barely need to move your hand.

I also have an awesome pc chair for gaming which has seen so much use it actually split in half... I couldn't let the old girl go though so I bolted her back together... better than new now!

quit beating off so much and if u can't vicodin is good 4 pain!!

wecanfunk