rubik's wrist

[oskarasbrink]

hi there , i've been cubing ALOT lately and my left wrist kinda hurts.really bad. why my left wrist and not the right?i'm right handed. anyone knows anything about this?


lol kinda lame post

 

[GermanCube]

You gave yourself the answer, you are right handed, so your right wrist is probably stronger than your left one - that's my opinion!

 

[Daniel Wu]

so maybe you're left wrist is weaker so it hurts quicker

lol kinda lame answer too.

 

[04mucklowd]

i have recently had to resort to using
my cube from the 80's that my friend gave me
and i do 3 solves and my wrist will be hurting for the next hour

 

[mrbiggs]

Go to a doctor.



Go to a doctor.



If there's something wrong with you, don't listen to people on the internet, go to a doctor.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

I am right handed, but twist more with my left, so my left wrist used to get hurt first. Give your hand a big, big rest for a couple days until it feels better. Do not twist things such as a cube with that hand. Once it feels better, take your cube apart, clean the gunk off the cubies, lube it, and reassemble. (If you use a spray, be sure to twist faces until the spray dries.)

Your hands will become stronger over time. But always stop cubing when your hands or wrists hurt.

 

[Lofty]

Here is some pretty basic advice that can be applied to a lot of areas of life:
If it hurts don't do it.
So stop cubing.

 

[Poke]

Here is some pretty basic advice that can be applied to a lot of areas of life:
If it hurts don't do it.
So stop cubing.

this is not always true. Have you ever seriously trained with weights after not training for a while. That is PAIN, yet somehow it feels good.

No pain no gain.

 

[imaghost]

you might want to slow down some so it will help to see further easier and it might help your wrist, plus you might get faster doing this... i dont know but if your record is like 18 seconds you have me beat by 5... hopefully it will help, its what i would do if my wrist hurt from doing it. dont stop cubing, you will get used to it after a while.

 

[Cride5]

...don't listen to people on the internet, go to a doctor.

I smell an oxymoron!

I'm not a doctor ... but anyway if its just aching a little, then its prob just a spot of RSI - a common symptom of cube addiction. If however it has suddenly started hurting a lot more than usual, I'd follow mrbiggs's advice (well the part about going to the doctor)

 

[noblsheep]

yeah my left wrist starts hurting earlier too.
it might be because i'm holding the cube too hard?

 

[ThatGuy]

lubrication?
Let it rest. Joints heal stronger. More endurance. Not hurt anymore.

 

[DavidWoner]

yeah my left wrist starts hurting earlier too.
it might be because i'm holding the cube too hard?

yes.
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[oskarasbrink]

I will try to rest a few days but if it doesn't get better i will go to a doctor.

thank you

 

[oskarasbrink]

but how do i know if i have RSI?

 

[nitrocan]

It's probably because you're holding the cube (which is probably very stiff) in a weird way. Lubricate your cube and don't cube for a while

 

[Gunnar]

I will try to rest a few days but if it doesn't get better i will go to a doctor.

thank you

Oskar, I have felt pain in my hand/lower arm a few times from cubing. I few years ago I practiced very much and then when I was trying to break in a very stiff rubik's 5x5, I got a pretty bad ache. I had it on and off for several months, so I didn't cube very much that summer (2006). Be sure to not get cronic pains so rest immidietly for at least a week or til the pain has gone away. I have myself started to feel a little pain again, due to cubing + using the computer to much (both at work and in spare time), so I also need to take a break from cubing. :-(

 

[Cride5]

but how do i know if i have RSI?

http://www.repetitivestraininjury.org.uk/symptoms-of-rsi.html

 

[oskarasbrink]

ok thanks everyone for replying , for everyone who thinks i haven't lubricated my cube yet you're wrong so it's not because of that but i'm afraid that i have carpal tunnel or RSI but i will rest for a few days now .