Generally, new players or regular players who have been introduced to rhythm games in general may begin to experience some discomfort when playing certain patterns.
Dense patterns like:
- Chord-jacks at high BPM
- Mini-jacks at high BPM
- Etc...
And in some cases, some players use membrane keyboards that will somehow have to depress the key more deeply for the response to be executed.
And well, there is a solution for everything, play without tension (Even if you use a membrane keyboard or controller!)
Osu! It is a game, in which we must have fun and not stress.
Let's first understand the most common injuries:
Carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome: It occurs when the narrow channel that joins several nerves of the thumb, index, middle and a certain part of the ring finger is pressed to the point of causing discomfort such as tingling or a certain degree of pain when supporting the wrists (in the case of the ulnar; joins the little finger, ring finger and much of the middle).
CAUSES: Poor hand position, high keyboard elevation (which would lead to unnatural wrist elevation) and repetitive straining movements (Some musicians with poor technique are prone to injury)
SOLUTION: The first thing I would advise would be to correct the problem that is causing it, maintain a relaxed position in front of the computer, natural wrist position, play relaxed (Practice with HT if possible), in case the keyboard is high profile use a pillow to reach the optimal height (See the referential image)
Tendinitis: I would not classify this disease as one, but as a large group of diseases since it focuses on tendon inflammation in general.
You may experience pain, weakness, and fatigue when trying to move your fingers or touch something.
CAUSES: Excessive tension when pressing with the fingers (Pianists with poor technique frequently suffer from this), sometimes this would lead to pain in certain areas, such as the elbow or shoulder, since they are the main tendon connections to the muscles and bones of the arm.
VARIANTS:
Elbow tendinitis: It occurs when the wrist is strained and the pain is suffered in the elbow area, many try to remedy the pain by applying icy-hot in the elbow area and not solve it, since the main cause would be maximum tension in the wrist and this extends to the elbow by the connection of the tendons.
SOLUTION: (See exercise 1, warm up before playing and relax your arms)
Shoulder tendinitis: This is not very frequent, since external causes would be a very low position in front of the computer, since this would stretch the shoulders a lot and would not favor posture.
SOLUTION: Sit up straight!
TRAINING:
These exercises are mostly for musicians but they are very good for people who exercise or work in offices.
1.- Press-release exercise:
We must press a key as relaxed as possible, but then we must release it without taking our finger off the key, repeat this process with the number of keys that we play, first at a slow speed, this will benefit us when playing chordjacks.
2.- 1,2,3,4,5 exercise
This is directly from a piano study sheet in which we will use all fingers to improve balance and finger stability (Not strength training).
Rest all 10 fingers on a flat, solid surface and gently tap all fingers like this:
1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1,repeat.
You can use this as a warm-up for playing.
3.- Wrist movement motion
Piano technique used to play trills, as a slight rotation of the wrists will require less finger work.
Turn the wrists to the right and left sides depending on the rhythm:
4.- Relaxation exercises:
Stretching before and after playing will help a better performance during the game session.
I attach this link so you can perform relaxation exercises. (The video is not owned by me)
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqsVu2RBlE
CORRECT POSITION:
I hope this topic has been useful to you, keep playing!
- Zaiyin
Dense patterns like:
- Chord-jacks at high BPM
- Mini-jacks at high BPM
- Etc...
And in some cases, some players use membrane keyboards that will somehow have to depress the key more deeply for the response to be executed.
And well, there is a solution for everything, play without tension (Even if you use a membrane keyboard or controller!)
Osu! It is a game, in which we must have fun and not stress.
Let's first understand the most common injuries:
Carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome: It occurs when the narrow channel that joins several nerves of the thumb, index, middle and a certain part of the ring finger is pressed to the point of causing discomfort such as tingling or a certain degree of pain when supporting the wrists (in the case of the ulnar; joins the little finger, ring finger and much of the middle).
CAUSES: Poor hand position, high keyboard elevation (which would lead to unnatural wrist elevation) and repetitive straining movements (Some musicians with poor technique are prone to injury)
SOLUTION: The first thing I would advise would be to correct the problem that is causing it, maintain a relaxed position in front of the computer, natural wrist position, play relaxed (Practice with HT if possible), in case the keyboard is high profile use a pillow to reach the optimal height (See the referential image)
Tendinitis: I would not classify this disease as one, but as a large group of diseases since it focuses on tendon inflammation in general.
You may experience pain, weakness, and fatigue when trying to move your fingers or touch something.
CAUSES: Excessive tension when pressing with the fingers (Pianists with poor technique frequently suffer from this), sometimes this would lead to pain in certain areas, such as the elbow or shoulder, since they are the main tendon connections to the muscles and bones of the arm.
VARIANTS:
Elbow tendinitis: It occurs when the wrist is strained and the pain is suffered in the elbow area, many try to remedy the pain by applying icy-hot in the elbow area and not solve it, since the main cause would be maximum tension in the wrist and this extends to the elbow by the connection of the tendons.
SOLUTION: (See exercise 1, warm up before playing and relax your arms)
Shoulder tendinitis: This is not very frequent, since external causes would be a very low position in front of the computer, since this would stretch the shoulders a lot and would not favor posture.
SOLUTION: Sit up straight!
TRAINING:
These exercises are mostly for musicians but they are very good for people who exercise or work in offices.
1.- Press-release exercise:
We must press a key as relaxed as possible, but then we must release it without taking our finger off the key, repeat this process with the number of keys that we play, first at a slow speed, this will benefit us when playing chordjacks.
2.- 1,2,3,4,5 exercise
This is directly from a piano study sheet in which we will use all fingers to improve balance and finger stability (Not strength training).
Rest all 10 fingers on a flat, solid surface and gently tap all fingers like this:
1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1,repeat.
You can use this as a warm-up for playing.
3.- Wrist movement motion
Piano technique used to play trills, as a slight rotation of the wrists will require less finger work.
Turn the wrists to the right and left sides depending on the rhythm:
4.- Relaxation exercises:
Stretching before and after playing will help a better performance during the game session.
I attach this link so you can perform relaxation exercises. (The video is not owned by me)
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqsVu2RBlE
CORRECT POSITION:
I hope this topic has been useful to you, keep playing!
- Zaiyin