[Help Thread] Cubing Injuries?

[Daniel Wu]

I broke my left thumb a few years back and then 3 weeks later, I broke my third finger on my other hand.

 

[Edward]

Broke right wrist, OH'd like a boss.

 

[Tim Major]

Broke right wrist, OH'd like a boss.

You called that the Faz curse... I remember that

 

[Edward]

You called that the Faz curse... I remember that

;o Now that you mention it, I remember too.
I think I improved a lot at the time or something like that.

 

[ZamHalen]

Tendinitis right now in my left hand (no OH for me ). Think I got it from too much OH, bad guitar technique, and 4 mallet percussion practice. so no cubing for a week or so.

 

[Anonymous]

Back when I average around fifty seconds, I sprained my thumb skiing and couldn't cube for like two weeks. Didn't OH either because I didn't understand the fingertricks.

Came back, was ten seconds faster.

 

[Coke]

Back when I average around fifty seconds, I sprained my thumb skiing and couldn't cube for like two weeks. Didn't OH either because I didn't understand the fingertricks.

Came back, was ten seconds faster.

I love little things like that.

 

[Coke]

I've never actually injured myself, though my wrist actually was feeling quite sore after a real grueling drill session. But that was probably because I did like an average of 100 on magic, 75 on 3x3, 30 on master magic, and also some PLL drills.

I highly doubt it was an actual injury, though.

P.S.: I dropped about 3 seconds on my magic average though.

 

[a small kitten]

Didn't OH either because I didn't understand the fingertricks.

Do you do OH now?

 

[ben1996123]

No.

 

[IamWEB]

I broke Feliks' hand off, but it grew back stronger and so that didn't work.

Other than that, no, not really.

 

[Bapao]

I have constant pain in my left hand and right thumb. Guess I'm just overdoing things at the moment.
I type and use a mouse 8 hours a day due to my job. I cube about an hour a day whilst commuting to and back from work. When I get home I practice playing the bass anywhere from 1 to 3 hours an evening. Then I might do some more cubing before going to bed...
At some point I'm going to have to decide what's more important to me because I can't keep this up without the risk of getting something that could potentially stop me doing all of the above.
Can't stop working, playing the bass is more rewarding than cubing...just when I was getting better at cubing. Finally got around to learning 2-Look. Oh well, the pain isn't bad enough to stop me yet ;o)

 

[Cubenovice]

Sprained my right hand thumb at karate about two months ago, still doesn't feel right...
Feel it a little while cubing.

b4p4076
Perhaps for cubing you could just slow down a little (TPS wise) and focus on efficiency in F2L or blockbuilding.
You'll turn less but will continue learning.

 

[Godmil]

Severe RSI made me put down the cube for 7-8 years, and even then I wasn't sure if I could get back into it safely. I seem fine so far though

 

[Rinfiyks]

Over Christmas holidays, I was playing a certain game an unhealthy amount, and after a week I had RSI in my wrist. I had to stop gaming and cubing for about a month to recover. It's mostly recovered, but strenuous activities are not comfortable, e.g. 5 press-ups will start to hurt my wrist.

 

[collinbxyz]

Found out that my forearm is broken. Check my avatar.

 

[Cool Frog]

I have constant pain in my left hand and right thumb. Guess I'm just overdoing things at the moment.
I type and use a mouse 8 hours a day due to my job. I cube about an hour a day whilst commuting to and back from work. When I get home I practice playing the bass anywhere from 1 to 3 hours an evening. Then I might do some more cubing before going to bed...
At some point I'm going to have to decide what's more important to me because I can't keep this up without the risk of getting something that could potentially stop me doing all of the above.
Can't stop working, playing the bass is more rewarding than cubing...just when I was getting better at cubing. Finally got around to learning 2-Look. Oh well, the pain isn't bad enough to stop me yet ;o)

I had this pain in my fingers for a long time. I stopped cubing and cracking my knuckles for about a week and my fingers felt so much better.
I switched to a Dvorak keyboard and was surprised by how little I moved my fingers for typing. (I can type on Qwerty/Dvorak now)

Found out that my forearm is broken. Check my avatar.

SURPRISE!
I fractured both of my hands 2 different times... fractured in like 6 different places.
Not much cubing when that happened (But I didn't speed cube back then), but I did a lot of chess

 

[caseyd]

I broke my foot, which prevented me from ever doing a solve with my feet, im almost done recovering and my foots fine out of its cast, but i still cant figure out how to do it

 

[collinbxyz]

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

I broke Feliks' hand off, but it grew back stronger and so that didn't work.

Other than that, no, not really.

Sounds like Kingler.

Anyway, carpal tunnel syndrome... I guess it more limits my cubing, rather than preventing me.