The Story of my osu! Injury (and why you shouldn't do what I did)

Please drop a comment if you've ever injured yourself playing a game! Would love to compare stories.
Here's a longer follow up video that includes a lot of the details about the injury and my playstyle that I left out here - take a look if you're interested
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[@Duhop0s]

Here's a longer follow up video that includes a lot of the details about the injury and my playstyle that I left out here - take a look if you're interested

[@umuuuu]

This is so funny because I wanted to beat you in rank when i was 4 digit. You inspired me to keep grinding but still I never managed to. I hope you get better :(

[@sst3w]

Sometimes you just need to take a break when you feel stuff like that since if you force it and play more, not only will you play like absolute garbage but also destroy your hand completely. I think Cookiezi also has similar type of hand issues (or maybe even worse idk) but its interesting to see how both of yall handle it. Anyways great vid bro keep it up 👍

[@19hun]

I had a similar thing happen to me. If you feel ANY PAIN. Take breaks. Trust me, you will regret not listening to this advice.

[@L33bear]

i already had a existing nerve condition and playing osu for 2 years has only made it so much worse, thank you for showing this side and warning others :)

[@bobdylan2450]

Thanks for posting this Duhop, people definitely need to learn to pay closer attention to their own body. I hope that you get access to physical therapy again and that it helps you heal somewhat <3 Towards the end of when I played osu my tapping fingers started to hurt too, and even though it has been 5 years since I stopped playing, they still hurt when I overuse them. Even if they're probably permanently damaged, I'm very very lucky that my university workload forced me to stop playing games, otherwise I can't imagine the impact it would've had on my programming career.

[@danielfortskewer5607]

as a brit i know the pain of having to wait insane amounts of time for the most normal doctors appointments

[@polariaosu]

I'm lucky enough to where my years of playing osu! has not caused any damage to my hands yet (with proper techniques and resting, as well as stretching my hands before play a good 3/4's of the time) but it's always been a scary topic to think about. Thanks for sharing your story, Duhop, and I hope someday you can recover and maybe enjoy the game casually again :)

[@fayah8865]

Osu mania players on their way to need mechanical arms to keep playing as soon as they reach 3 digit

[@chaosfr3959]

Yesterday, I got a (I think) tendonitis from tapping while playing the game and it's getting worse... I am only 6 digits, and people told me to play more, so I played a bit more often, but I guess playing more gave me injury... I hate this, I hope it's possible to recover... I only did 2k plays this month. Just want to say that it happened out of nowhere, I wasn't feeling like tense that much, I wasn't even doing worse, and then boom I felt something bad so I stopped immediately and it just went worse for no reason

[@worst-hd-player]

I think at one point, Vaxei got RSI and had to take a break for a few months. You’ve gotta stop playing when you feel pain, lots of people think you should push through but that’s what leads to situations like this.

[@MindlessWatching]

a wise man once said:

[@miguelmella]

Something that no one seems to talk about is how dangerous hand and wrist pain is, and how to deal with it.

[@Signicial]

when you actually got a damage, it's no longer something that can be recovered with break

[@hans_olo121]

As someone who vigorously played mania for a few years (

[@aaaaaaa7499]

this is honestly so sad and unfortunate, not being able to play a game you hold dear and love is just… sad and painful

[@Hannexuu]

really appreciate posting this awareness video man, more people should really be aware of this.

[@HeyAx3r]

In my pen hand i felt like my thumb nerve get squeezed while playing osu, i've quit the game after that .

[@KurisuKuri]

its nice you made a video on this, i had a very similar experience where my pain lasted about 2 years without really getting better. luckily in the past year ive noticed its almost entirely gone, and ive been able to enjoy the game again, so i hope with enough time you will begin to experience something similar

[@isysunrise2842]

Nah, man, don't give up. Everything is gonna be great and you'll recover from this injury. Thank you so much for doing this video, man!