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My drawing (left) hand hurts after painting for hours yesterday. I probably did over-exercise and slept on it, but it's unpleasant. It hurts under the joints of palm with fingers, like the parts that stick out when making a claw-like shape or grip. Will it go away if I won't draw today?

Anything to prevent that in the future? It's irritating as I'm painting since 3 months and only recently I got to draw daily and now not drawing feels lazy.

>> No.3823391
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3823391

Do you use your hands in other stressful ways? Like daily computer use for long stretches of time?
You can do these excercises, unless there's some damage to your joints, a doctor won't suggest anything better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyMNyrOHJQ
Even if you do these, your arms still need some rest. There's another excercise where you cross fingers between both palms and then stretch them out with the palms facing outwards, but I find this one to not be pleasant whatsoever.

>> No.3823394

>>3823391
jesus fucking christ that surgery

>> No.3823397

>>3823391

interresting, i never knew there was spaghetti hiding inside my arms

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>>3823397
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-BU6keEUw

>> No.3823404

ive never had an issue with wrist pain

but i have a lump on my left wrist so i think ima die which is worse

>> No.3823459

>>3823397
this

>> No.3823467

>>3823377
do wrist exercises every day.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZWSQSSEjE
set a timer & take regular breaks (also a good time to squeeze in stretching or some form of workout)
also try drawing with less reliance on opacity & pressure sensitivity. i don't really use them anymore for digital work and find i can work 10+ hour days without really any problems compared to working with brushpens irl which wear out my hands very quickly.
>>3823397
that''s why the old masters were all italians anon, they had the best arm spaghetti.

>> No.3824133

>>3823377
>>3823391
I doubt that's already carpal, probably just overexertion of muscles and tendons. Had something similar after drawing for 6 hours straight without breathers. Could feel every tendon being tugged within my arm when I was moving fingers. And the hand also tired very fast.

A week or a week and a half of rest and then exercises each day seemed to deal with it. Any time you feel your hand gets tired take a rest.

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>>3823377
thank you im adding this to my reaction folder
you're the best anon