Injuries and Diseases That Usually Affect Esports Athletes

Athlete Esports Currently, it is admired by many people, especially in the country. Seeing an athlete esports who spends a lot of time practicing playing games, compete in various tournaments, and get some facilities from sponsors to make athletes esports become a dream for many people who certainly have a hobby of playing games.

However, behind it all, did you know that athletes esports could be injured? Some people certainly ask, how can an esports athlete get injured? Don’t they just sit and play in the sense of not doing strenuous physical activity that can cause injury? Indeed, they did not move much. But in reality, athletes esports could have suffered injuries like other athletes in general. So, what injuries are generally suffered by athletes? esports?

Spontaneous Pneumothorax / A Collapsed Lung is a disease that can strike anyone suddenly, even in people who do not have a history of this disease. According to the information we have found, collapsed lung caused by poor breathing habits.

Such a tendency is normal for humans to experience when they are under pressure, which is inseparable from athletes esports. Professional demands such as being a champion in certain tournaments and pushing himself to play better can certainly be pressure for every athlete. esports.

When exposed to this disease, initially an athlete esports will experience sharp pain in the chest or shoulder area and experience extreme shortness of breath. This happens because of the release of air that is inhaled by the lungs. Then the released air fills the space around it and puts pressure on the lungs and prevents them from expanding as they should.

Athlete esports who had this disease was Luke “gla1ve” Rossander who was the CSGO of Copenhagen Wolves in 2021. Gla1ve realized that he had been hit collapsed lung but continued to play in the Assembly Winter tournament in Finland before he was taken to a hospital in Finland for surgery shortly after the match was over to restore his condition.

In addition, from the esports branch of League of Legends, there is Hai Du Lam, midlaner who used to play in the Cloud9 team also had this disease and was forced to leave the tournament in Paris in 2021.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is pain, tingling, and other problems in the hand due to pressure on the median nerve in the wrist.

The cause of this syndrome is pressure on the median nerve due to swelling or narrowing carpal tunnel the result of repeated hand movements, especially if your wrist is flexed. That is, the position of the hand is lower than the wrist. The athlete’s training activity is quite high in front of the computer, making an athlete esports susceptible to this disease. For that, the position of the hand when playing must be considered, yes!

Athlete esports the world has experienced carpal tunnel syndrome are Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács from the CS:GO team Na’Vi and Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer from the CS:GO team Fnatic, and reportedly made them underperform in the 2021 The Major tournament. As a result, olofmeister and GuardiaN were unable to participate in the next tournament, DreamHack Masters Malmö 2021. Of course, this disrupted the game and preparation of both teams for the tournament.

In addition, athletes esports Indonesia who has experienced this injury is an athlete League of Legends esports Indonesia from EVOS Esport, namely Kenny “Chupper” Marcellino. Yep, when he was about to compete in the 2021 LIC preliminary round, Chupper felt pain and tingling in his wrist. This bothered Chupper so much in his training, that he had to undergo several medical treatments to cure him. Luckily, Chupper was able to maximize his performance until he managed to bring Fortius Gaming which he was defending at that time to be the champion of LIC 2021 and LGS Spring 2021.

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Tennis elbow is pain that appears on the outside of the elbow. This pain tends to occur at the site where the tendons from the muscles of the forearm attach to the bony prominence on the outside of the elbow. Tendons are connective tissue that attach muscles to bones. Tennis elbow Usually occurs due to excessive use of the elbow. This will cause the elbow muscles to experience excessive tension resulting in tearing and inflammation.

Tennis elbow once suffered by Clinton “Fear” Loomis from the team Dota 2 Evil Geniuses. Until ahead of The International 4 (TI4) in 2021, Fear focused on continuing to do injury rehabilitation and looking for replacements to play at TI4.

Eye strain or eye fatigue occurs when the eyes are forced to look only in one direction for a long time. The most common places trigger eye strain is in front of a computer screen. An athlete esports Professionals of course spend eight to 15 hours a day practicing at the computer. So no wonder they are prone to this injury.

Although it looks trivial, if left too long, eye strain can cause damage to the optic nerve of the eye and can lead to blindness. To prevent that, gamer Professionals are recommended to look at another object 20 feet (6 meters) away for 20 seconds after looking at the screen for 20 minutes.

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From the list above, you certainly know that athletes esports also need to maintain health like other athletes in general.