Hi

This past week i decided to play alot more poker than I usually do online. 5000+ hands 6 tabling a day.

Now i have noticed that my forearm aches. I believe this is referred to as Carpel Tunnel?

Can anyone suggest ways for me to stop this from happening? Ive thought of using my left arm once in a while.

poker players are athletes..... it ain't easy, get a gym membership and start squating heavy

Ergonomic chair might help. Also look at a support glove.

get a mouse pad with a cushion where your wrist is and also make sure you are not pressing your arm down on the table when playing. This is usually around the forearm area and stops bloodflow to your hand.

Try to use your left hand when playing fewer tables

This is sick. I registered four months after the rat and I already have twice the posts.

But I noticed one guy who joined around three days ago and he already had about four hundred posts. Does he have a life? Do I for that matter?

haha. 'the rat'

I was a lurker for a long while. i think ive posted all my replies in the past 3 weeks.

Ok cool, thanks for the advice.

I always had my arm pushed on table. I just tried holding my mouse without my arm no table, 5 secs, could tell that wouldnt work for me already haha. Mouse closer to edge i guess.

Looks like I need to invest in a better mouse (with cushion).

ahhh turns out work has one ofthose mouse pads with cushion.

Some special gel in it or some crap. Alright im all set to multitable :-)

I think that 'gel' is also used for fake boobs ! sorry completely off topic but had to say it

That would be polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). It is also used in microfluidic devices and as a food additive. I'm using it in my research project to build a test structure to measure the electrical properties of a self-assembled monolayer of alkanethiol molecules. It's versatile stuff.

wow, i love the diversity of 2p2.

I also see it can be used as knuckle replacement implants just in case you start having those sort of problems with the overuse of your mouse...

One more thing to think about. I just recently installed a AHK bet pot type script for full tilt. You can read about it in the software forum. It is very helpful. It significantly reduces both the number of clicks that you need plus the "accuracy" of the clicks. For example, I have my right mouse button set up as check the fold preset check box. This keeps me from having to find the check box and check it. It is the very fine movements that get you with carpel tunnel or tendonitus which is what I have.

All the other stuff about mice are important. Be careful with wrist rests. They are a crutch. You should be using your big muscles to move the mouse not the small detail muscles of your hand. The wrist rest encourages using the smaller muscles.

Good Luck.

SMS

So you can have your boobs and eat them too?