Gamer Health: Wrist & Hand Injury Prevention

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This program is designed to reduce injuries to the forearms, wrists, hands, and fingers. In this video, you will learn exercises and stretches used for prevention and rehabilitation in clinical settings.
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0:00
0:08 - Introduction
0:32 - Resisted Finger Abduction
0:47 - Resisted Thumb Abduction
0:59 - Resisted Finger Extension
1:19 - Weighted Wrist Curl
1:44 - Weighted Wrist Extension
2:07 - Ulnar Nerve Glide
2:36 - Median Nerve Glide
3:01 - Wrist Mobility (Full Range of Motion)
3:38 - Post-facilitation Stretch (Flexors)
4:30 - Post-facilitation Stretch (Extensors)

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[cloverross]

Never in my life did I ever think I'd need gamer stretches lmaooo

[szymon]

My wrists just suddenly started feeling like they were on fire one night, spontaneous tendinopathy. Several weeks of immobility later, I came across your videos. I've been doing all of these stretches all day and the fact that I can now hold a controller for more than a few minutes at a time feels fantastic (with breaks, of course)

[darryl_young]

Thanks for sharing. I'm struggling with some fairly mild cubital tunnel syndrome at the moment so I'm glad I came across your website.

[matthewt]

Still helping people to this day. I just found your video after playing too much WoW :)

[lalelu]

Btw just watched your twitch streams and maybe it would be a good idea to upload the streams here too, because they are super informative. Thanks so much for them!

[ejayk]

Really appreciate this, it's helping me recover from taking lots of rest after over using my hands and wrist a lot. It's helping me get some strength back in my wrist. I was doing these daily for a few days but recently on the Ulnar Nerve Glide, I'm getting a really uncomfortable popping, sliding feel, kinda snappy. Just wondering what this could be/mean and if I should continue doing it or take a break from it?

[AsicEdits]

Should i do these with injury? Think im close to a gamer thumb

[davidberger]

Is it healthy to do these exercises mid gaming session, or should you do a cooldown directly after and rest for a bit?

[carlosnunez-ifts]

Excellent channel! But I don’t see new content!

[lalelu]

How often would you do these? every day or every second with a rest day in between?

[jordycapiau]

where do i get this finger thingy? i already warm up and cool down trough your vids.
this seems nice addition to it though

[veil_OT]

should i do this every day or around 2 times a week ( i do the warm up and cool down every time i play)

[localstar]

How many times should I perform this per day or week?

[mysticwizard]

Should I do these before or after my cooldown?

[diamonddiggersdimension]

Been struggling with RSI in my arm on the top side of the elbow and now some pain in my shoulder. Doing some stretches and these warm ups I’ve found to help but the symptoms are definitely still there. I’ve also been doing an arm workout every day. I’ve also had a stiffness in my arm making it hard to rotate my wrist. Do you have any advice with regards on what to do going forward as I’ve had this for about 5 months now.