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Professional gaming injuries include back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome according to the Washington Post.

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Professional gaming injuries include back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome according to the Washington Post. When we think of professional sports, we think of tennis, football or games such as baseball.   Few think of professional gaming as a sport, but it has become a high paying spectator sport where the superstars can make millions of dollars through winning tournaments and professional endorsements. Many of these athletes are affiliated with gaming teams which would make gaming a team sport. Are professional gamer’s athletes? Gamers will spend hours playing different games and they compete in tournaments that are attended by their fans Read More »

Carpal tunnel syndrome; better options that are more effective than surgery or wrist splints at night.

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  Carpal tunnel syndrome; better options that are more effective than surgery or wrist splints at night. A common problem many people experience is pain in the elbows, wrist, and thumb. Often, after the problems have been poorly addressed, the person will begin to experience numbness in usually the first three fingers of the hand, but may actually have the entire hand go numb at night. In the worst cases, after years of being ignored, atrophy can occur in the thenar eminence on the thumbs and you may be dropping things as well. Patients are often told they have tendonitis, Read More »