Just curious,
Anyone here get an RSI from throwing too much?
I’m pretty sure I did something at work, and then when I was looking for something in my wife’s van sent it over the edge, but dang it kinda sucks to throw right now.
Curious if all the throwing is also a contributing factor, and if any of you have had to deal with it? Know any good stretches or anything?
Getting older is less than fun sometimes. Didn’t mind the gray hair, but the body pains are wack.
Dude…my body pains…
I hate being old.
This ain’t throwing related, but I have had repeat dislocations in my throw shoulder. Throwing heavier yoyos definitely aggravates my joint. I’m thinking it’s a possible labrum tear, so I started doing stretches meant to treat that in PT and it’s honestly helped so much. Think resistance bands and also general tension relief stretches. Non-band wise, I’ve had the best success with overhead and crossbody stretches, as well as lot’s of rolls. With rolls though, I wait until my shoulder is warmed up as it is a more dynamic motion.
Now that it’s been a while since my last dislocation, doing some strength training has helped immensely. It was very important to take it slow though - lifting was more for tendon toughness than enlarging glam muscles. But my shoulder generally feels a lot more supported, which makes life in general more pleasant. Hope sharing my experiences helps.
I try and not throw straight heaters the entire session and work up RPM through regens. I also don’t play anything heavy > 67 grams for too long. But when I do get sore after longer sessions I have had success with arnica and magnesium gels, but the massaging is what really helps get blood into those tissues and mussels.
To be honest, I rarely have issues with my shoulders because I can’t play for very long without my hands and wrists screaming in agony. I’m lucky to get maybe 15min of play in at a time.
I’ve had some shoulder issues as of recently I don’t know how I got them, either though work or maybe throwing a lighter throw for a really long time and then throwing heavier throws or something else who knows. at this point as said rest and I use some bengay creme as well to help. I also think some issues are in the middle finger as well so kinda let up on throws and play a different style that doesn’t involve a lot of pressure, but then again I’m not an expert
I will say, this would NOT be the time to take up spin tops for the first time. (Although, I think I am probably throwing too hard in a subconscious attempt to compensate for poor technique.)
Man… it ain’t fair! I’m not even old yet and my body already aches constantly. 
Maybe it’s because I’m growing, maybe I should stop growing?
And about the topic, I haven’t really experienced any shoulder pain on account of throwing yo-yos; I did have elbow pain for awhile, though, but I think it’s because I was throwing weird.
Funny you mention that; I was totally going for speed Sunday night, experimenting with some techniques and to see how different yo-yos responded to “power throws”. Was only for maybe 15-20 min before calling it a night.
It’s definitely been in the back of my mind that maybe I over did it then, but I mean, I do much more strenuous things in the shop than giving a YoYo a good spin lol.
I’ll have to look into these stretches and PT techniques.
Good thing I have to go mount up 3 sets of tires after lunch here 
Lookin’ forward to …that
There are probably a lot of things that can go wrong with a shoulder
I can say that I injured mine bad enough that it took over a year to get to the point that it didn’t regularly impact my mobility in some obvious and painful way. But I got back to yo-yos within a couple weeks and never felt like that was aggravating anything.
(Spin tops were totally out of the question.)
If yo-yos are an aggravator, the RCS Author was designed in part to be an injured-shoulder-friendly yo-yo. It’s a good yo-yo that doesn’t seem (to me) like it is hampered by the super low weight (i.e. I don’t feel like I have to over-throw it to compensate.)
I happened to pick up my Motion Harmonic this morning, and after an extended period of playing only monometals, I was struck by how much spin and stability you get for very little input. Light bi-metals may be the best thing to try.
I really regret having not ordered one when they had stock of them, specifically the one with the kids engraving, as my wife runs a daycare.
I was able to comfortably throw last night, thankfully!
I have a hybrid (YoYoEmpire Tsunami) and a BrExia. The BrExia is a bit heavy, but same thing; nice spin time from a lazy throw, and the Tsunami is also pretty chill. Maybe I’ll finish the week out focusing on those two, but fortunately I’m feeling pretty good today
this is a prime example of why being young is a perk.
I miss it tbh.
I was super depressed, but my 20’s were pretty fun overall. Made some poor choices, but man I had some real good times.
I get pain just laying wrong so idk sometimes my back or shoulder or wrist hurts after a session sometimes I’m good. Honestly usually my arthritic back is the problem. Just is what it is and jeans I’m getting old. Or at least didn’t take care of myself
I’m laughing with you, not at you.
When I was practicing hard for nationals and worlds last year I was having pain. Some stuff I figured out along the way is that with the new generation of bimetals you don’t have to throw hard to generate the spin time and power you need. I also had to adjust how I was sleeping to push my shoulder back more. I discovered the shoulder stretch’s after words, those have helped quite a bit. I don’t recommend taking an over abundance of aleve to get rid of the joint pain. I ended up having my skin peel from the friction of a yoyo hitting it while spinning. In a nut shell stretches good, aleve bad😂
I throw in a way that mostly eliminates the shoulder stress, it’s more of a trebuchet motion
If you watch Brandon Vu’s video on the breakaway he explains about 95% of the throw the other 5% comes from trial and error
Just here to sympathize, I bruised my shoulder pretty badly yesterday so I can’t really yoyo at all without a lot of pain and limited movement. I’ll probably be better in a day or two though. Glad to be young for now.
Most people these days have horrible shoulder health, mostly due to sedentary lifestyles that involve a lot of sitting at a computer.
I have two ‘exercises’ for bullet-proof shoulders.
Dead hangs. Grab a bar and hang for as long as you can. This also improves grip strength.
‘Praise the Sun’. Or at least that’s what I call this stretch. Start by bending your hands back as far as you can, then stick your arms straight up in the air. SLOWLY bring your arms down to your side (while maintaining the straight arms!), but try to prevent them from falling. Basically, you can think of it as trying to touch your fingertips together behind your back. This is an AMAZING stretch and you’ll almost instantly be able to breathe better. Note that if your shoulders aren’t super flexible, this WILL be uncomfortable and borderline painful. You’ll feel a lot of tension in your upper back and neck. Aim for at least one minute per stretch.
