T2 wheel -- left shoulder trouble?

Hi fellow racers, for the last 2.5 years I have been quite happy with the performance of my T2 wheel, but recently my left shoulder joint has begun to hurt like mad on occasion. I don't consider myself an excessive sim ***, say 30-40 mins per day icr2/gp2/f1rs/mgprs2/gpl action combined on average, whatever sim I choose to drive in, and sometimes there's a week or a couple of days in which I do not drive at all. Before that I played F1GP on my Amiga quite often using a joystick, so my question is if anyone here has had the same experience damaging their left shoulders from sim racing (I use my left hand to steer and the right for changing gears). Is this the source of shoulder trouble or should I go looking elswhere? Thanks in advance for your comments, Uwe -- Spam-proof e-mail: Uwe Schuerkamp <hoover at telemedia . de> http://www.telemedia.de/~hoover ////// Phone: +49-5241-80-10-66 Best of Scottish Folk: http://home.pages.de/~nsg >>> Blue Ribbon Campaign: Support Free Speech on the Internet <<<

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> Hi fellow racers, > for the last 2.5 years I have been quite happy with the performance of > my T2 wheel, but recently my left shoulder joint has begun to hurt > like mad on occasion. I don't consider myself an excessive sim ***, > say 30-40 mins per day icr2/gp2/f1rs/mgprs2/gpl action combined on > average, whatever sim I choose to drive in, and sometimes there's a > week or a couple of days in which I do not drive at all. > Before that I played F1GP on my Amiga quite often using a joystick, so > my question is if anyone here has had the same experience damaging > their left shoulders from sim racing (I use my left hand to steer and > the right for changing gears). Is this the source of shoulder trouble > or should I go looking elswhere?

You may be experiencing a repetitive motion injury. As a result, your rotator cuff forms facia tissue (sort of like scar tissue) in response. Find an experienced D.O. in your area and have him/her perform a manipulation to break up the facia and relieve the pain. Real simple. Rick

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>> Hi fellow racers, >> for the last 2.5 years I have been quite happy with the performance of >> my T2 wheel, but recently my left shoulder joint has begun to hurt >> like mad on occasion. I don't consider myself an excessive sim ***, >> say 30-40 mins per day icr2/gp2/f1rs/mgprs2/gpl action combined on >> average, whatever sim I choose to drive in, and sometimes there's a >> week or a couple of days in which I do not drive at all. >> Before that I played F1GP on my Amiga quite often using a joystick, so >> my question is if anyone here has had the same experience damaging >> their left shoulders from sim racing (I use my left hand to steer and >> the right for changing gears). Is this the source of shoulder trouble >> or should I go looking elswhere? >You may be experiencing a repetitive motion injury. As a result, your >rotator cuff forms facia tissue (sort of like scar tissue) in response. >Find an experienced D.O. in your area and have him/her perform a >manipulation to break up the facia and relieve the pain. Real simple. >Rick

You could have relieved him from ignorance by telling him it's not because of that particular brand of wheel, but instead the position he sits and drives in which probably causes his agony.