Freakish repetative stress injury ?

[Rabies]

Is it just me, or is asking paintballers for medical advice about as smart as asking Michael Jackson to babysit your kids for the weekend?

However, I think this thread should be put on the Gold Board as a cautionary tale to all the kiddies who think drop forwards are a good idea

 

[Richie-Carrot]

not advice as such, but was asking wheather other ballers have had similar probs after using drop forwards etc etc

 

[Bolter]

yes but i dont think if we had said "quick cut off your hand" he woulda.

 

[Richie-Carrot]

dunno like hmmm cut hand off, ballers speak truth, truth is good......hand cut off must be good........be right back ?


lol

 

[TenaciousM]

re rsi

i have been playing Digital Paintball for 6 months now, and 2 months ago i developed rsi on my mouse clicking finger (right hand middle),
hurts like hell and cant bend it properly and its swollen (better-half seems to be pleased) have not used that finger for firing on the game now for the last 2 months but finger is still bad,

i know that is not a REAL life Paintball injury but it came from playing Paintball........(all beit online with other sad lonely individuals)

 

[Liz]

Originally posted by Richie-Carrot
ok folks went to the ostoepath today (a dr of the sceletal system) who had a look at me hand, after going urghh at it she then grabbed it and popped a small bone back into place which i think she said was a "trapezoid" then after a small amount of grinding it kinda stayed there, i got to go back again, this can occur when your hand bends back over, ie pushing open heavy doors, and is aggravated by movement of the wrist ie firing my angel at tourneys !

The bone would have been either the trapezium or the trapezoid - these are 2 of the 8 wrist bones known collectively as the carpals. It's amazing how easily some of the small bones in the human body can get a bit out of place just by comparatively normal movements or bad posture. I would recommend that everyone consults an osteopath or chiropractor at least every 6 months for a check-up - I suugest the UK ballers could have a word with Olly-the-Osteo, as he can usually check people over while you're at a tournament or big game (thanks Olly ) Contrary to popular belief, osteos & chiros don't just deal with backs & necks, they can deal with the whole skeletal system.

 

[Richie-Carrot]

yeh that sounds like what she said didnt feel to clever when it went back in tho urghh but worth it she said i need to change me setup lol put my cp rail on today

 

[Troggy]

Originally posted by Richie-Carrot
she said i need to change me setup lol put my cp rail on today

Hah - whattdya know - even the Osteo's have been listening to Robbo's setup techniques...the man must speaketh the truth