Gaming Posture: How You Can Rest Your Arms On The Desk

Thanks Olivier, needed this video!

Glad you made a gaming posture guide this really helps a lot! Do you think a neck tuck with this posture could be beneficial for the neck pain while gaming?

Choosing a chair to buy is the hardest decision I've ever had to make

I just noticed that I tend to push my palms/wrists into the wrist-rest and the mousepad

Can you do a video about how to correct the neck hump?

@oliviergirard With forearms on the desk as you recommend for gamers in this video, is there no additional risk of forearm/wrist nerve tunnel compression compared to your recommendation for office workers of floating their forearms?

oh wow good vid olivier

Greetings sir, i hope you are doing fine and healthy. I wanted to thank you for making these videos as i could feel them improving my life. Alhamdulillah.

I wanted to perhaps request, if its not too much to ask, maybe you could make a video on mewing or how tongue posture, suction etc keep the neck and other muscles in place? Any advice from you would be appreciated as i heard that everythings begins from the tongue posture. Thanks in advance

What is your view on articles/ research that say that the optimal recline angle for a chair is 135 degree? Do u think it's bad for the neck?

Fantastic video! Thank you very much for this.
I have a question: besides gaming, I also browse, code, etc. on my PC. Should I then move my forearms back from the table every time I'm not gaming or is it ok if I use the gaming posture for all of these tasks?

What's your view on the Backpod? To stretch the thoracic spine

I think I need to force-play this video every time I sit at my desk... Like when I turn on the computer.

After years of bad posture i'm trying to fix bad habits, got a good ergonomic chair, started to fix monitor/everything distance. But a pain the estern part of my left arm is always present, i know is not carpal tunnel since it does not go to the first three fingers but to the last 2, any tips?

I am trying this with the logitech embody, but it doesn't support sitting upright. Could you tell me whether it is 'possible' (to keep good posture)? And how would I go about it?

Very good video Olivier. Merci

Hi Oliver! Thank you for this video.
I try everyday to be comfortable in my workstation but I have always pain in cervical, low and middle bak.

I’m 181cm and my surface is 72.5cm. What distance do you suggest from chair and top desk to be ergonomic?
I try to set but when I’m high on chair is the only way to have less pain at arms (but I broke my neck in every position with high and distance of monitor!)
Thank you in advice for your kind reply my friend

Excellent videos and advice. I recently developed costochondritis from years of bad posture at my computer designiing graphics. Can you recommend one of your videos to avoid this debilitating condition? Thank you sir.

I purchased a desk chair, put lower bc I’m short and from gaming now I’m in pain bc what you explained about my elbow high. I guess I need that chair and a box for under my feet. I have tennis elbow ..how long will this take to heal?

Do you still recommend not resting forearms on desk?

Your channel is just a gold mine

This video tries to talk about very important topic that is often skipped over but we are not at all closer to a solution. This video feels like you just began to give a solution at the end after explaining what does bad posture entail. Although I deeply appreciate the explanation of the why not in the rest of the video, the solution you describe cannot be the only one available (hopefully). (and additionally i should note that does not work for many people that spend so many hours at a desk).
For example in my case, if i rest my arms as suggested my circulation is cut to the rest of my arms (and yes i have checked my position ( the angle and the height of the table with respect to the shoulders) with an ergonomics expert) , so this is not a solution for me as it is not for many other people.
Alternatively, some people suggest using a table top that goes around your mid so you can rest your arms at the table at the proper height and angle, however, most of the "arm support" part of the table is too far away for your spine inducing which translate in improper positioning of the elbows and arms with respect to it. Here the only solution experts offered was to design the table with taking in consideration the persons specifics measurements. This is a bit impractical. Therefore my question is, could you complement a little bit more of your video and suggest other better or alternative solutions?

I have a desk on which you can pull to open or push to close the part where the keyboard and mouse are

I have no support for the forearm and when I move the mouse the desk move too 💀

That desk is at my mom house
I’ve always had neck pain to the point I had to take medication

I’ve been away for 2 years with a good desk (not a single second with any pain)

I just returned yesterday and OH what a surprise the pain is back

I have also that kind of desk at work and I feel like it’s the worst kind of desk… why do companies feel like it’s a good idea

This is so helpful! Do you have advice to gamers using a controller instead of a keyboard?

What about gamers who use a gamepad instead of keyboard?

I cant find a position to rest my elbow on the desk without being much lower , resting arm does not work , I need to rest my elbow , and chair arms do not work greatly for it.

what chair do you have? thanks

Exactly what I was looking for, Thanks posture guy.

i feel this didnt help me much. personally i relate to one part a lot, i tend to feel my desk pressures my forearm a lot. i ALSO end up pressing by left click mouse super hard as a result, but thing is, no matter ho much i adjust my chair or cut off my desk legs, or use poker coins to stabiize everything again in there, nothing seems to work.

Ah exactly the video I've been waiting for!