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Possible tendinitis

FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
edited September 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Since this weekend I've had weird sensations going through my right arm and hand. It's not really pain, more of a slight discomfort.

I'm a game tester, and I've been on a project with overtime for more than a month. Add to this that the project I'm currently on requires heavy usage of the right trigger, which means my right index finger is often found pressing down that trigger. Basically a lot of my waking hours has me with either a 360 controller in hand or a computer mouse.

This being crunchtime, overtime is pretty much required and it's not time for me to ask for a vacation, but I also don't want to end up fucking up my right arm. I know nothing of tendinitis or if this weird discomfort is a precursor to tendinitis. Anything I can do to help this? Should I take this very seriously?

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  • ToldoToldo But actually, WeegianRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Have you considered carpal tunnel syndrom?

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Fireflash wrote: »
    Since this weekend I've had weird sensations going through my right arm and hand. It's not really pain, more of a slight discomfort.

    I'm a game tester, and I've been on a project with overtime for more than a month. Add to this that the project I'm currently on requires heavy usage of the right trigger, which means my right index finger is often found pressing down that trigger. Basically a lot of my waking hours has me with either a 360 controller in hand or a computer mouse.

    This being crunchtime, overtime is pretty much required and it's not time for me to ask for a vacation, but I also don't want to end up fucking up my right arm. I know nothing of tendinitis or if this weird discomfort is a precursor to tendinitis. Anything I can do to help this? Should I take this very seriously?

    Yes, you should probably take it seriously. I'd talk to a doctor, and maybe see if your company has a workplace safety policy on repetitive strain injuries.

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  • BooknessBookness Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You should start stretching every twenty minutes or so and go see a doctor. I had tendinitis that went untreated for a while and got so bad I could not lift a half gallon of milk.

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Toldo wrote: »
    Have you considered carpal tunnel syndrom?
    I love this post, I can hear it in my head like an announcer voice trying to sell me some CTS.

    But yes, stuff like this is serious business. Last I checked CTS and stuff like that are pretty much irreversible.

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