5 Injury Prevention Tools Desk Workers Can Use

Pro-gamers and office computer users have more in common than you'd think — at least in their injury risk profiles. One surgeon is sharing tools that will help them both.

VIDEO: Dr. Levi Harrison’s advice for pro-gamers can also help reduce injury risk for any computer user.

1) Basic stretches: Pointing your arms out straight, flex the wrist either upward or downward, and pulling back gently on the hand, holding for 30 seconds.

2) Queen’s Wave: Keeping your arms extended, fingers pointed upwards, shake the wrist back and forth 10 times. For fuller motion, you can also rotate your hands in a circle, 10 times in each direction, with a fist or an open hand.

3) Wrist Rotations: Rotate your fist or your open hand 10 times in each direction.

4) Gliding exercises: Harrison developed a specific set of movements that target both nerves and tendons in the hand, designed to prevent carpal tunnel issues. The four-part move involves holding the fist in a claw position, a “tabletop position,” a half-fist and a full fist.

5) A Dose of Warmth: Harrison encourages people to run warm water over their hands or wrists periodically, just to keep things loose.

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