{"id":7005,"date":"2019-04-01T02:22:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T02:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2019-04-01T02:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T02:22:56","slug":"doctors-warn-players-about-the-risk-of-injuries-in-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/doctors-warn-players-about-the-risk-of-injuries-in-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors warn players about the risk of injuries in Esports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The outside world may not believe it or even giggle at the thought of it, but make no mistake, injuries do play a big part in eSports.<\/p>\n

A report from CBS News<\/em> highlighted an aspect of the game that keen gamers will have been well aware of for a long time \u2014 the physical toll eSport players take to stay at the top of the game.<\/p>\n

As more and more professional franchises keep popping up and universities provide more professional gaming scholarships, doctors are calling for the appropriate precautions to be taken.<\/p>\n

Professional eSports players and anyone training to go professional can spend more than 10 hours a day playing at high intensity.<\/p>\n

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Recent research from the British Journal of Medicine found that esport players reported significant overuse injuries like hand and wrist pain, neck pain, back pain, eye strain and mental exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hallie Zwibel, of the NYIT Center for Sports Medicine told CBS News that gamers can put their bodies at risk if they don’t practice healthy habits.<\/p>\n

“Poor posture can produce exponential forces on your neck, back, shoulder,” Dr Zwibel said.<\/p>\n

“Eye fatigue is the most commonly reported complaint from these pixelated images that you see when you are playing on a computer. They’re making 500 action moves per minute. So there’s a lot of high-speed thinking, and I think that fatigues the eyes even further.”<\/p>\n

Insomnia is also a significant factor.<\/p>\n

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The health factors and injuries are a key factor to an often-talked-about early retirements in the industry. ESports players often retire in their 20s, no longer able or passionate enough to maintain the lifestyle required to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n

So, what can amateur and professional gamers do to prevent injury?<\/p>\n

“Nutrition, exercise regimens, stretches, especially stretches of the eyes to avoid eye fatigue during game play,” Zwibel said.<\/p>\n

“You try to be more aware of your posture, and roll your shoulders back, keep a straight back,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The outside world may not believe it or even giggle at the thought of it, but make no mistake, injuries do play a big part in eSports. We look at the latest findings and recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-7005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7008,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7005\/revisions\/7008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}