If you’ve been to your local rugby match, you may have seen a group of paramedics on standby, ready to deploy medical assistance at any instance. Compare this to an international esports competition, where you …
Esports Health
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Trigger Finger in Esports Gamers: Symptoms and Treatment
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamTrigger finger, also known as stenosing tenosynovitis, is a prevalent finger ailment that lies among the host of esports hand injuries. While esports isn’t a physically taxing or grueling form of sport, you may still …
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Gamer’s Thumb Explained: What Is It and How Do You Treat It?
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamGamer’s thumb is a nickname given to a painful condition called de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, which is classified as an overuse disease, affecting the bundles of tissue called tendons present at the base of your thumb. …
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Gamers: Symptoms and Treatments
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamCarpal tunnel syndrome is currently one of the most common injuries to nerves lying outside the brain and spinal cord. This condition involves the damage and compression of the nerve in the carpal tunnel, hence, …
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Managing Wrist Tendonitis as a Gamer: Treatment and Causes
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamWrist tendonitis, or tenosynovitis, refers to the inflammation of the tendons present in the wrist. Tendons are essentially thick and fibrous bundles of muscle that connect muscles to the bone, allowing the transmission of forces …
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In the past few years 92% of gamers reported spending more time gaming, and this massively increased their exposure to headache triggers. But while 71% of gamers expressed concern about headaches resulting from extended gaming …
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Managing Gaming Addictions: Excessive Play, Loot Boxes, Betting
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamVideo games are an increasingly popular form of entertainment. The adrenaline rush of defeating a high-level boss, the satisfaction of winning as an underdog, and the pure delight of assimilating into online communities where you’re …
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Preventing Hearing Loss While Gaming With Headphones and Earbuds
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamTurning up the volume feels almost automatic. Perhaps you’d like to hear those footsteps clearer for a competitive upper edge. Maybe having a headset on at a louder volume makes the game more immersive and …
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Negative Effects of Video Games and How to Manage Them
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamVideo games are a double-edged sword. Research has associated gaming with a plethora of benefits, including improved mood and a lower risk of psychological symptoms such as depression or anxiety. The cooperative component of some …
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Managing Back Pain as a Gamer: From Posture to Equipment
Written by: Jasmine ChiamWritten by: Jasmine ChiamBack pain affects people of any age group for varying reasons. Unfortunately, being in your prime years doesn’t give you immunity from this condition. If you’re a competitive gamer, the odds of experiencing lower back …
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Being a Healthy Gamer is Important
As with every other sport out there, competitive gaming is a demanding lifestyle that can take its tool on many aspects of our lives, including eye fatigue, back aches, wrist and hand injuries as well as mental health challenges. To help you battle through all of them we created our Health and Wellness section which offers tools and resources with which you can, hopefully, take better care of yourself – both mentally and physically.
We partnered up with several industry professionals and created a series of articles that will help you battle through the above mentioned issues, and hopefully you’ll be able to develop healthier habits that will not only improve your game, but also general well-being.
Our Health Tips for Professional Gamers
This section of our site covers not only the most common esports injuries like headaches from gaming or lower back pain, but we also go deep in to other topics, like solutions to headphone rashes, general negative effects of video games, as well as suggestions on how to keep hands warm while gaming or choosing the right gaming glasses.