Hadoken! Adoh pain! What to do when you get gamer's thumb from too much gaming


The repetitive movements of playing a video game can ‘stress’ the thumbs and cause de Quervain tenosynovitis. — Filepic

In the early 1980s, playing video games would require you to go to the arcade, but with the advancement of technology, video game screens got smaller and became wonderfully portable, which was great for gamers.

Fast forward to the 21st century and you don’t even have to step out of bed to play video games.

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