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@acegallifreya on pc you can use keyboard for playing, which may reduce the strain, but thats pretty much it. only sure way to avoid issues is to not play for extended periods, and take frequent breaks to stretch hands.

Personally what I do to avoid hurting myself with coli, short of avoiding coli altogether, is to switch between PC with keyboard controls and a device with touchscreen controls (ipad or mobile, mobile preferred because smaller screen hurts my hand less- less big movements) and interchange between those. That way I can switch which hand is doing most the work. (I tend to lean more towards keyboard anyway because I'm right hand dominant so that wrist usually sees more use just from day-to-day activities on top of other gaming platforms that are less forgiving. I like my videogames.... lol)

Obviously this isn't gonna work for everyone because depending on the keyboard the controls might be too tricky to use or you might not even have the luxury of having multiple devices.

Other than that.... Lots and lots of breaks. Only go a couple minutes at a time, remember to stretch. Y'know. The usual. That's all I can think of.

to avoid flares, i use my non-dominant hand for the keybinds, and i do a daily series of forearm and hand stretches designed for artists/people who work with their hands a lot.

it would be soooo cool if there was an option to hook up a game controller for ergonomic's sake, but in my understanding that is against TOS...

I once heard of someone using an art tablet so maybe try that if you have one? Personally mobile coli I find helpful if my wrist starts to hurt.

I personally use my iPad and Apple Pencil to grind, usually with good support for my arm like a pillow or plushy I can go for quite a while without pain, I also find it goes a little faster than coli grinding on desktop.

While I don't have any of these issues so I can't say for sure if it helps.

Using a mouse with high sesitivity to use less wrist movement.

Using a drawing tablet with atleast 4 buttons, you can keybind the buttons used for scratch, eliminate and 2-3 packs A,E,Q,W. So far I've tried using toes, heels and sliding my palm across the buttons and it works.

You can rest a part your body while getting a bit more coli time, but legs and arms uses big movements so not something you should do without breaks or longer periods of time

When my wrist begins to hurt, I change to pianist hands, lifting my forearms to change the angle of my wrists. It seems to get better if my wrists are either at the same level as the back of my hand or just slightly higher and if my fingers are curved. When I get tired of that, I go back to letting my wrists rest on my MacBook. But I understand that this doesn't work for everyone. [quote]Pianists who play with flat fingers put too much pressure on the wrists to do the work. Playing that way for even a short period of time becomes painful. It’s important pianists play with a natural curve that allows the weight to be distributed equally through the arm and shoulders. [/quote] Also, this links: [url]https://www.pianoemporium.com/piano-playing-and-preventing-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/#:~:text=Wrist%20Position%20and%20Posture&text=The%20ideal%20wrist%20position%20to,position%20for%20playing%20the%20piano![/url] (scroll down to the pic of the piano keys) Oh, and I use my iPad and a finger sometimes, though after using the keyboard that seems so slow. I also work in breaks in between each round of leveling up fodder by naming only 2-4 fodder at a time so that I have to go back and name 2-4 more before going back to leveling. I also check for low-priced fodder at that time. Those things I have to do with a mouse, giving my keyboard hand a break. I am usually also watching TV, and when I look up so actually see the screen, I have to stop keyboarding, forcing another break. I hope you find something that works for you!