The highly anticipated domestic AAA game masterpiece "Black Myth: Wukong" ignited the passion of countless gaming enthusiasts both domestically and internationally as soon as it was released. However, as players delved deeper into the game experience, many reported symptoms of "3D sickness" from prolonged gaming sessions, facing risks like "gamer's thumb" and "lumbar disc herniation."
Can't Stop, Playing till Wrist Pain
When you feel numbness or pain at the tips of your thumb, index finger, or middle finger, weakness in gripping objects, with symptoms particularly noticeable in the middle finger, especially at night or early morning, you should be wary of carpal tunnel syndrome, commonly known as "gamer's thumb."
In addition to manual therapy and exercise therapy, physical therapy devices (such as ultrasound, electrotherapy, etc.) can also help relieve the pain. You can attach electrode pads as shown in the illustration and connect them to a TENS device to quickly release muscle tension in the wrist, hand, and forearm muscles through TENS application, significantly alleviating pain in a short amount of time.
This treatment disrupts the transmission of pain signals from the wrist to the brain along affected nerves. If the pain signal does not reach the brain, you will no longer feel pain. Moreover, the TENS unit stimulates the release of endogenous analgesic substances. These are known as endorphins. Additionally, TENS treatment is believed to promote blood circulation.
Can't Put Down, Playing till Back Pain
Many people often bend over, lean forward with their shoulders, and stretch their necks forward involuntarily while playing games, only to discover shoulder and waist stabbing pain when they finally rest. This posture leads to neck protrusion, shoulder leaning forward, increasing the pressure and fatigue on the cervical and lumbar spine; altering the normal curvature of the spine increases the pressure on intervertebral discs and spinal joints, thereby causing chronic neck, shoulder, and back pain, intervertebral disc herniation, among other issues.
Common symptoms of a herniated disc include sudden and acute back pain, some of which may radiate to the legs. Using stimulating electric currents with TENS treatment is one possibility. The electrical stimulation machine transmits electrical impulses to the skin through electrodes, achieving two effects. On one hand, the electrical impulses can block the transmission of pain to the brain, meaning the pain might no longer be perceived. On the other hand, the TENS application can support our body's natural pain control mechanisms by releasing its analgesic substances. The application of TENS stimulation currents also promotes blood circulation.
Besides treating intervertebral disc herniation, targeted muscle strengthening, such as using EMS muscle stimulator machine, also helps prevent back pain. Top-Rank TENS ems machine, TENS unit for back pain,the TENS806, features various functions and different programs to address your issues.
You can place the electrode patches as shown in the illustration. Our large back electrodes, due to their ease of connection to the back and large area to emit pulses, are very effective.
