video game thumb

[dfbuzzbeater]

used the search but couldn't find anything...

i just started playing video games again and got a nasty video game thumb on my right hand that is blistering. anyone have any recommendations how to keep this from happening/getting worse? would a bandaid help?

[gharp]

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i just started playing video games again and got a nasty video game thumb on my right hand that is blistering. anyone have any recommendations how to keep this from happening/getting worse? would a bandaid help?

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You just gotta toughen up and build up a callus there!

I actually always get this on my left hand and mainly from the old style NES controller (the "+" part). I just started feeling it again while playing Kid Icarus -- it really takes me back...

[jba]

i got a terrible blister on my left thumb from playing feeding frenzy on XBLA

[TimTimSalabim]

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anyone have any recommendations how to keep this from happening/getting worse?

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turn-based strategy games.

[Freakin]

I used to get this all the time playing TMNT: Arcade game from that damn jump attack.

I think I eventually put some tissues around it.

If you can't get a callous built up, use some moleskin or athletic tape

[Neil S]

When it hurts really bad, take a break. But eventually you just need to toughen the skin there. That's what happened to me when I was 8 years old playing Space Harrier on my SMS: my thumb hurt pretty bad from pressing the fire button.

[jah7_fsu1]

NES style injuries...gotta love em. Moving up and down in that diagonal motion to avoid people in Super Tecmo Bowl for the NES had me a hurting unit many a days. Hey I was playing for the Super Bowl though...nothing was going to keep me out of that game.

[EscapePlan9]

Gotta tough it up and build a callus! For me this wasn't tough since I also play guitar, which at first hurts too.