Finger Pains while playing Computer Games

[komodomantis]

When I play point and click games like Zoo Tycoon, my pinkie and ring finger go numb after a while and I get the tingly feeling. Does this happen to anyone else and tips on preventing it?

EDIT: Does it help any if I say I use a laptop mouse?

 

[KaZZaP]

It happens when I play this one game called rock band and I'm shredding it up like Yngwie Malmsteen but other then that no.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Yep. This part of the reason I don't play many PC games, especially twitchy shooters and so on. Just makes my fingers hurt.

 

[Amarok]

There's no way to prevent it I don't think, I guess you just should not play games for an extended period of time (the manuals tell us this, but we stopped reading those disclaimers years ago right? )

 

[komodomantis]

There's no way to prevent it I don't think, I guess you just should not play games for an extended period of time (the manuals tell us this, but we stopped reading those disclaimers years ago right? )

There are manuals? Since when?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

The only game I get finger cramps on is GH:WT on Satch Boogie on Expert mode. I have the GH3 guitar, so no cheap slider bar for me.

 

[zebrin]

ahh... yeah actually, tell me, do you use a wrist pad or anything like that? because if you do, it could be the way you are resting your wrist is constricting your blood-flow to the lateral portion of your hand. that could cause that pins and needle feeling. hope that helps a bit.

 

[komodomantis]

ahh... yeah actually, tell me, do you use a wrist pad or anything like that? because if you do, it could be the way you are resting your wrist is constricting your blood-flow to the lateral portion of your hand. that could cause that pins and needle feeling. hope that helps a bit.

No, I don't thank you.

 

[thiosk]

and I'm shredding it up like Yngwie Malmsteen

While not diagnostically helpful,

mad props for the bitchin' gratuitous rock reference!


but yeah, too much clicking. You're wearing out your hands. Go do something else for a couple days, and try to take more breaks between placing lion cages.

 

[zebrin]

I don't know may people who click with their ring and pinky fingers. But anyways... that pins and needle feeling, or having a limb fall asleep, means that it was cut off from it's blood supply for about 15-60 seconds... happens when you apply pressure in the wrong spots. since yours is in the pinky and ring, and you are not using a wrist pad... humm... could be a lot of things, anywhere from resting your hand on your mouse wrong to having veins that are small or clogged. In other words, not much you can do about it. Well, aside from taking a rest from the game every so often.

 

[Syntax Error]

My Pinky once grew painful due to a marathon session of Counter-strike (this was WAAAAAAAAY back then, 2000, methinks).

Thankfully, I haven't had a single instance of Carpal Tunnel.

 

[MorsePacific]

Never had a problem with PC games, but a lot of console games with special peripherals make me cramp up.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Sometimes my fingers, wrist, or hand start to ache after long PC gaming sessions, but since I've been busy lately I haven't experienced that much. And from playing consoles the only thing I get are blisters on my fingers. That being said, I much more often get cramps in my arm from another activity of a less reputable sort... Sorry I tried to resist adding that but I couldn't help it.

 

[SimuLord]

My fingers sometimes seize up after long hours of playing almost anything. It's usually a sign for me to turn the computer off and go read a book or something.

My DS is absolute murder on my hands and also tends to give me sore elbows as well.

 

[Incompl te]

i agree ds is hell for me sometimes but pc can be worse at long durations. i have a tendency to squeeze mouse harder than i intend to when im losing in an online game. Causes cramps and that pins and needles felling. it could be that.

 

[darthsmily]

Only when I'm shredding it up on Medium on GH or RB do I get any sort of pain in my hands and that's for like an hour or two.

 

[MrHappy255]

Yeah my hands never seem to be an issue on the pc but there have been times where the thumb cramps have wheedled their way into my repetoire of console games. Frig it sucks.

The big problem with pc games is that some FPS's like the first half life make me motion sick if I play for too long. That really sucks cause I hate getting a headache from something that brings me enjoyment .

 

[ExplodingDetective]

i dont have problems with my hands, but my wrist gets this grinding noise after long sessions, and sometimes bak spasams from marathon fallout sessions resulting in having to lie on the floor for a little while...i think i should get a better chair