Ways to reduce hand pains

[lolazerz]

Hello there. My tag is SてOナ, I know my profile says Lolazerz but that was a while ago and I thought it was funny. Anyway I've been playing Melee for about 6 months now and when I heard that a lot of people had been receiving hand related injuries. I thought it was no biggey since the character I play isn't really at the levels of TAS 20XX perfection that Fox is (btw. I main Roy). But after a while my hands started hurting more and more. Probably due to the fact that I program a lot. I just wanted to know if there are any guides on how to reduce hand pains from building up and hurting?

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

Hello there. My tag is SてOナ, I know my profile says Lolazerz but that was a while ago and I thought it was funny. Anyway I've been playing Melee for about 6 months now and when I heard that a lot of people had been receiving hand related injuries. I thought it was no biggey since the character I play isn't really at the levels of TAS 20XX perfection that Fox is (btw. I main Roy). But after a while my hands started hurting more and more. Probably due to the fact that I program a lot. I just wanted to know if there are any guides on how to reduce hand pains from building up and hurting?

Stretch your hands before you play, it really helps.

 

[Pauer]

There is this wonderful guide dedicated to your problems, I believe it even used to be stickied:
http://smashboards.com/threads/staying-healthy-a-guide-to-playing-melee-better-and-longer.332355/
I guess the main reason for hand pain is due to a lack of warm-ups. There are some examples in the guide but I would also recommend looking through some YouTube tutorials, exercises for string players are probably the most suitable.

 

[Chainz]

Besides hand stretching, Glucosamine/vitamin D pills can help you out. Been told they good for repetitive hand motion pain, take a couple myself when my hands start to hurt.