A haunting orchestral score swells as my name and health bar appear at the bottom of the screen

A haunting orchestral score swells as my name and health bar appear at the bottom of the screen
i do that neck/shoulder routine frequently ever since you suggested it and it’s great ☺️
i have a really interesting question: what stretches/routines would you recommend for simulation racing? I notice my shoulders and the back of my neck get sore after a 1 hour stint, probably (read: definitely) because my rig clamps onto my desk rather than having a dedicated frame for the wheel, pedals and seat.
I'll leave another reply with some specific recommendations, in this one I just wanted to reiterate a point I made in the above screed, which is that it's entirely reasonable to start experiencing soreness after an hour performing a specific task/holding a specific posture. If your pain is getting very sharp/insistent, or if it's persisting for a long time after you stop the activity, that could be cause for concern, but feeling sore after an hour of more-active-than-standard gaming is more an indication that your body is requesting you mix it up a little than it is indicative of a specific pathology/insufficiency
As for specific recommendations:
thanks for the recommendations! i know there's always gonna be a soreness no matter what, i just wanna know what i can do in terms of stretching routines that would prevent injury. :D
You know I've been really disappointed in my endurance for exerting pressure through my fingers (working with dough, massages, etc.), feels like I'm tapping out from finger soreness after like a minute and a half of effort. Gonna take a look at this exercise list and start a daily routine of the ones that seem the most helpful.
So a big, BIG part of our manual skills training in massage therapy school is focused on "biomechanics" - which for us largely means "using big muscles and body weight instead of small muscles". Of course your hands and fingers are going to get tired quickly massaging someone's back or legs or whatever! The muscles in your hands are TINY compared to the structures you're working on!
The trick, then, is to (as much as is possible) use your hands and fingers merely as the terminus of force that you are transmitting from elsewhere in your body. What this can look like in practice:
None of this is to say that introducing regular strengthening exercises into your weekly routine wouldn't be positive - it probably would be! But if you're giving massages regularly to friends or partners I'd strongly recommend watching a couple videos on basic massage technique because it can really make all the difference.
Thanks for the tips! I figured out the "use body weight, not finger strength", but hadn't considered how to transfer that weight through my joints without tiring the muscles around them so much.