I am 54 years old, I have been using a wheel for over 6 years now, and a few hours every day with no problems. Like I said in my post, If you hold both hands on the wheel you may get tendonitis, because of the tension in your hands because you are gripping the wheel to tight, just relax when you hold the wheel.The fighting with the wheel is the repetitive task in my case.
Just for info, I have three accounts, in sum it is 71628 km driven, so, well, it can be considered as "much" I think.
I never had issues with tendinitis before, and I'm 40 and did years of gym in the middle 20th to late 30th without issues, so its not likely thats genetic in my case
Some people wonder why I take stupidly frequent breaks when I'm playing, it's mainly because whenever I start to feel even small discomfort when playing I'll stop. My sessions are normally 2-3 hours maximum with at least 3 or 4 short breaks in that time.
2 Main reasons for that, I don't want health issues and even being slightly uncomfortable can completely throw you off your game.
That said, I will be trying to level up my FIA account from E to A+ in ONE DAY sometime next week (Partly because I hate the low level grind and want it done, partly because I think it'll be an interesting challenge) and it'll be interesting to see if I DIE on that day I guess
If a non-alien like me can do it in 10 days, then McLaren can do it in much less time!Is that even possible?
Is it better to grind Race B or C btw?
If a non-alien like me can do it in 10 days, then McLaren can do it in much less time!
In terms of least amount of races, it took me 15 days and 72 races. It'd be a hassle, but 72 races is possible in one day, and considering it's him we're talking about, achieving A+ in 2/3rds of those races isn't a far fetch
I saw that as well- salute!I saw this recently and I had lots of respect.
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Is it better to bang out Race B’s and sacrifice a few opponents rather than spend so long doing Race C’s?
Please don't go off topic in this Thread Alpha Cipher, and that goes for @Tou2istTrophy 👍.I saw that as well- salute!
Personally, I'd stick to Race B if I can. 3 races per hour means you get matchmaked with a total of 36 players ideally, compared to Race C's 32 player per hour matchmaking. However, sometimes it's better to do Race C if you think that's where the aliens would flock
Type on Google "cubital nerve entrapment" !
Good luck and good health for you !
I can't recommend Turmeric too highly as a treatment for tendon inflammation. A few years ago, a combination of quite high wheel time and a heavy playing schedule (pro keyboard player) caused a bad case of 'trigger finger' (locking of the fingers or thumb). The doctors were all recommending surgery or heavy steroid injection therapy (on the hands that make me a living? No 🤬 way!), but fortunately a musician friend turned me onto high dosage turmeric treatment (and immobilization of the wrist and thumb while not playing).
Took almost two months, but inflammation went completely away, no surgery, no injections.
Give it a try, you may find it far preferable to what doctors want you to do (and pay for!)...
It's all genetics. If your dad/mom has tendinitis you're predisposed to it. Any repetitive task would have made it flare up, the wheel has nothing to do with it.
This will be a tough Challenge, I tried something similar on my GTP Account and it took me 3 Days. If you do the Daily A it’s probably possible but you‘ll need to play without a break. If you do a 24 hour Session, it’s quite possible.That said, I will be trying to level up my FIA account from E to A+ in ONE DAY
What car do you drive in real life? Is it manual?Hello Community!
I have pain since two weeks on my left elbow and on two fingers also, the movement of the fingers are "weird" in the mornings.
The doctor said today I have tendinitis/ tendosynovitis there, maybe I'll need even a little surgery.
My guess is it mus be related to intensive playing with wheel since GTS release. So I wanted to tell you please be carefull and go to doctor if you have pain also.
I'm also pretty sure gloves would have helped, if I would have used them. Cause they dim the vibrations.
Its not a such bad thing at all, there are a trillion time worse things, but for me as a passioned player, it means saying goodbye to playing for a long while.
Please don't say this will not happen to me, since I'm a physical quite strong person, I also thought such things could not happen to me.
What car do you drive in real life? Is it manual?
Thank you very much! Thats exactly what I have, "trigger finger" (btw, sounds funny, but isn't).
I just read there is tea with turmeric. I will look where I can find it.
Yes, a "normal" car (VW Jetta 2010)
But I have a short way to work, so I don't drive so much.
My guess is because I don't use s seat at home I'm sitting to close to the wheel and do steer more or less only with my hands and not from the shoulders. And the T-GT is even in low FFB settings very strong
I'm having problems myself and found this thread. Nice to see so many doctors in this forum to contradict Krypton's doc. Sure, the wheel has nothing to do with it.The doctor said today I have tendinitis/ tendosynovitis there, maybe I'll need even a little surgery.
Injuries can happen no matter what.
I'm not the fittest person out there, but I'm still young and I've been working out several times a week and making much better choices with my diet this summer.
I hurt myself playing a few weeks ago as well. It happened when I got my Gr2 Daily Race win at Interlagos.
After several bad races, I finally got my win. Feeling lucky I tried another race.
The Gr2s are tough for me at Interlagos as they slide all over the track. At one point I turned into turn 1 and immediately my right arm came up lame. Not sure what I did but it took a little over 24 hrs to stop feeling numb.
I turned in the corner and it just immediately went numb. It was all tingly and just felt weird.