Roccat kone XTD tendonitis !!! NEED NEW MOUSE

Zfrench · Oct 25, 2014

Hi guys !!!

So it's been a year since I bought this mouse and for around 6 months no problems. And randomly pain starts in the middle of class !!! I could not write for 4 days.

After a few weeks of non gaming vacation comes around and pain, comes back with the use of a simple HP that came with my family's computer.

My wrist tendons are fragile from the use of this mouse. And it might be for the rest of my life.

I come back from vacation before school starts and decide to play a good chunk of the day... Three days later BOOM pain is back and stays for 3 weeks.

So to resume it all I don't play all that much but when I do it usually results in pretty long sessions since I mainly play battlefield 4 (time flies).

I have to change mice pretty quickly since as I am writing this on my phone the pain is hard.

I am a palm grip user and I am thinking of the razer deathadder and the logitech g502 but I am open to other suggestions

Also if you had tendonitis like me share your experience and how you heald.

Thanks in advance and any comment is greatly appreciated !

DarkSable · Oct 25, 2014

Wide flat mice are probably going to be your best bet. The deathadder is considered wide by most folks, but if you can find one, the old intellimouse explorer 3.0 is still a wonderful gaming mouse and is going to be easy on your hands; it's wide, low enough to not give an awkward wrist angle, and has easily-triggered buttons.

That being said, I would be surprised if the issue was the physical form of the mouse itself, rather than how it's being used. I know that when I'm gaming, I often find my wrist curves out to the right at an angle that I'm sure is horrible for me, and I've seen a lot of people with their chairs too high having to bend their wrist backwards to get a grip on the mouse because their arms are too high up. Also pay attention to how tightly you grip the mouse. Examine the ergonomics of how you game before you switch mice, because that will have an equal or greater effect on stress in your hands.

Zfrench · Oct 25, 2014

Thank you for the quickness I really appreciate I think I grip my mouse pretty hard which like you said might be the problem otherwise I think my chair is at the good height because my forearms lay flat on my desk.

In my opinion one possibility is that when I click on the buttons of my mouse I can feel the tendons moving a lot so OVERUSE is certain.

What do you suggest then ?

Again, thank you for the reply

DarkSable · Oct 25, 2014

Yeah, of course. When you say your forearms lay flat on the desk, does that mean your wrists are having to bend backwards slightly to hold the mouse? Because that's basically guaranteed to screw your muscles up. Go take a look at some ergonomics tips from Cornell University: http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/cumousetips.html

If you can feel strain when you're clicking buttons, your mouse is absolutely requiring too much pressure from you. The most you should feel when you're clicking the mouse, even repeatably such as when gaming, is a light twitch in the top of your wrist.

Zfrench · Oct 25, 2014

Ok I will take a look at the website and try to look over my position and see if it is the problem but right I won't be playing for a good amount of time and when I start school I will be really busy but I will keep you updated !

Do you think I can find definitive solution to this problem ?

Thanks again for the help greatly appreciated !!!

DarkSable · Oct 26, 2014

I think you shouldn't hope for a single solution to the problem. It's going to be a combination of a mouse that lets your hand hold it in a natural-feeling position (the intellimouse explorer I mentioned would be a good option to explore) plus paying attention to your personal ergonomics when using the computer.

Always happy to help.

Zfrench · Oct 30, 2014

Sorry to bring the thread back up. But do you have any other suggestions for mice ? I guess I have average hands but my palms are square (I don't know if this is helpful lol) and pretty wide.

What do you think of the logitech g502, the razer deathadder and I read somewhere that ambidextrous mice are better to avoid wrist problems for example the razer taipan and steelseries has a few models

DarkSable · Oct 31, 2014

Hey, no worries, mate. The trouble is that mouse-shape is SUCH a personal issue that it's very hard to find a solution.

If you live in a large city, Best Buy should have certain models on display, so you can at least figure out what style of mouse you care for. Other than that, my best advice is to subscribe to Amazon Prime for a month and get used to packing mice up to return them if they don't feel good in your hands. It's a much more serious issue than a lot of people give credit to, and it should be respected.

Zfrench · Nov 2, 2014

Well since I live in France I don't have best buy! (I wish we did) but I know a few stores where I can see mice but we do have amazon and I am used to order from them so I will look around. But I'm not In a rush since I am still recovering from last time. BUT IT GOT A LOT BETTER !!!! Thanks dude (50% American btw)

DarkSable · Nov 2, 2014

I just mentioned best buy because it's the only common american one; there should be stores all over where you can try. Buy online all you like, but I strongly suggest checking out as many models physically as you can before committing, so that you can find something you like. Mice are very personal choices.

Glad you're getting better, and I hope you can find something that doesn't cause you undue pain and stress!

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