I'm horrified by the idea of developing any sort of chronic pain. What's the best way to prevent any RSI or carpal tunnel from drawing? I hear stretches mentioned a lot, but are there other things to keep in mind?
>>7822456When you draw, never move the wrist.Move mainly the shoulder and elbow. Use the wrist only when it's necessary. At least this is what I do.
Lift some weights.Remember that stretching should be done after your workout, never before. Doing random stretches without at least warming up first can worsen your situation.
>>7822456/ic/ doesn’t draw enough to develop any sort of pain.
>>7822456I didn't prevent it.. but to heal it I wore a brace for a month
>>7822456Start using your non-dominant hand for things to take strain off of your dominant hand.>>7822508Also this>>7822670Wrist braces are also good to have on hand. Wearing them to bed is most effective.
Don't wear splint all the time, unless the doctor tells you too. It's mainly to prevent weird wrist position during sleep. Obviously a lot of internet "artists" think it's cool to wear them while drawing.
carpal tunnel is easy to avoid with overhand grip, you'll tire out your shoulder long before you hurt your wrist if you only use overhand. For digital use the fatest grippies you can find that are still comfortable.Ease up when you catch yourself squeezing the pencil/stylus. For me doing accurate copies where I try to match clean line art is the easiest way to fuck my wrist, so I keep most of my copies looser now since I've trained my accuracy to already be pretty good when I need to draw on model.
>>7822868the wrist guard + heat pad is just when you fucked your wrist already and need it to heal for a week. You need to re-evaluate if you are at this stage and consider what part of your practice is fucking your tendons so hard.Also lift weights for the love of god, it fixes everything.
>>7822456You can't really strengthen joints and stretches don't do that much for me personally, the only way to prevent it is to let them rest.In addition to wearing it to sleep, I wear a splint when it starts hurting and the pain usually goes away within hours even if I keep drawing. Also this >>7822838 unironically, I'm using my left hand so much for mundane tasks that people believe its my dominant hand. But I know just lifting shit can hurt your wrist really bad, I lifted a grocery bag wrong and it got sprained for months... My wrist autism started there.
>>7822456don't do repetitive movements. So no drawing for weak arm people like you,
>>7822456>RSIdon't do things that put your hands in high tension>carpalget better genes
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>>7822868You can wear a size higher to prevent yourself from subconsciously flexing your wrists over your limit over long periods of time
fix your pen grip style
>>7822456Cut your hands off
>>7822456You have to strengthen your hands, wrists arms and upper body. Do strength workouts like push ups consistently. You will think: "isn't that putting more strain in my wrist joints?", But the thing is that you need that strength workout to enhance your wrist bones, tendons and muscles, hands have muscles too. Consistent strength exercise will build new protective tissue around your nerves, otherwise your wrists will get weaker and weaker with age and the chance to get that development will be lost. Now is the time.You need only two simple exercises, push ups, and the "L-sit" exercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZJoSP66HIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTMts1HxKtkPersonally I don't do the one with the handle bars, that crushes my knuckle joints, and I don't want to have bad arthritis on my fingers when I'm 70. I use a normal cushioned workout bench to do the L-sits, Grabbing the cushioned edge to push yourself up works great.You'll get stronger and stronger just by doing those two.
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>>7822882How do arm wrestling fags not fuck up their arms?
>>7823341Because he's wrong about not being able to strengthen your joints. Tendons can be strengthened just like muscle. Carpal tunnel just isn't really about joint strength
>>7823133>if you hold your pen wrong you will fuck your hand up in a few yearsits too late for me to change how I draw. My brain is over 30 years old, there's no more space for new information. Fuck my life.
>>7822456Unironically learn Yi Jin Jing, a.k.a. Shaolin's Tendon Strengthening Sutra.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtDxlhZUCU
>>7823353omg you dumb monkey, carpal tunnel is when bones pinch your nerve. you only get it if your bones are fucked. your bones can only get fucked if you break them or have shit genes.
>>7824133Please don't larp as a doctor on /ic/. You had your chance, you didn't get into medical school, you made your mother cry. No need to larp here.
>how do you prevent carpal tunnel?Consider driving alone when going through a tunnel
>>7824133Not true at all retard, the post you're replying to isn't even contradicting what you're saying
