
SO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR POSITION! I have a full guide on my website for those interested (r/ ) After we corrected this position (expecting time to retrain using his mouse in neutral) his pain reduced significantly. I just finished working with a pro CSGO player whose starting mouse position was tilted to the right which was the major cause of his pain. WRIST POSITION IS KING: Pay attention to our wrist position for both your mouse and keyboard hand.So if we work backwards it means we should… Poor Wrist Position/Posture (starting off neutral).In terms of general causes of overuse it is commonly one of three things

I would say it is most likely the fact you are gaming with higher APMs that is causing your fingers to feel more strained. With regards to what you are feeling Work & Gaming are often different when it comes to APM and again posture/ergonomics/scheduling all come into play again. Is the longer actuation distance (how deep I have to press the key to get an input) relevant?Īctuation force (the force that you have to press your key for it to register) has definitely been shown to be related to musculoskeletal symptoms (I believe it was > 56 centinewtons of force which equates to the Cherry MX Blacks or higher)īlue/Red/White are 50/45/55, respectively. 1| What’s your opinion about mechanical keyboards? I use a regular membrane keyboard at work, and a Cherry MX at home to play, and I’ve noticed straining in my fingers after playing for a while. So this is focused purely on those questions I’ve received. I made a reddit post on r/competitiveoverwatch and r/overwatch which led to quite a few questions relating to Overwatch. This month we decided to do it a little differently.

Welcome to our fourth monthly grab bag of questions – again every month we answer popular questions we receive through email, twitter, instagram, etc.

HEALTHGAMEFAQs#4 – OVERWATCH GAMING PAIN EDITION
