07-12-2013, 11:45 PM
Hey Dracken,
I had similar problems with my hand as well, and I've found a few things that seem to help quite a bit
1. Do something completely different with your hand to train other parts of it. I taught myself how to shuffle cards and do card springs, which is surprisingly difficult to do, and it really helped strengthen the back of my hand and my fingers. Any kind of stress ball is pretty helpful too.
2. When you rest while you work, you should try to massage every part of your hand individually. As soon as I started doing this my hands only ever got really tired if I didn't take a break for a super long time (like 5-6 hours). Also, doing dynamic stretches while you work (ie rolling your hand around, making fists repeatedly etc) is MUCH better than doing static stretches. Save the static stretches for when you are done working for the day, or you risk damaging muscles/tendons
I also agree with anzhou. Its really surprising how much getting up to stretch, walk around, and drink some water can do for your hands!
I had similar problems with my hand as well, and I've found a few things that seem to help quite a bit
1. Do something completely different with your hand to train other parts of it. I taught myself how to shuffle cards and do card springs, which is surprisingly difficult to do, and it really helped strengthen the back of my hand and my fingers. Any kind of stress ball is pretty helpful too.
2. When you rest while you work, you should try to massage every part of your hand individually. As soon as I started doing this my hands only ever got really tired if I didn't take a break for a super long time (like 5-6 hours). Also, doing dynamic stretches while you work (ie rolling your hand around, making fists repeatedly etc) is MUCH better than doing static stretches. Save the static stretches for when you are done working for the day, or you risk damaging muscles/tendons
I also agree with anzhou. Its really surprising how much getting up to stretch, walk around, and drink some water can do for your hands!