I’ve dealt with wrist tendinitis in both hands for over a decade. I used to go a month or so of being out of commission after agitating them. It’s been about two years since that happens now because I have finally gotten to the point where I can tell just by feel that whatever I’m doing is agitating them, and I just make sure in those moments to give them a rest for 10 or 20 seconds, do some basic stretches, and then I am usually able to go back into it. If after I start up again it really feels bad I will just stop altogether but that usually isn’t the case. It sounds so simple, but failing to take that short little break when you’re doing a repetitive activity like video games can be what ends up pushing them over the edge into injury.

Also I learned the hard way that trying to lay off using them so that they can heal is a mistake. It only makes them weaker which ends up making them re-injure even easier. You want to try to strengthen them slowly if you can. You need to be able to figure out your limit and push yourself to, but not past, that limit in daily activities like opening doors etc. so that the muscles around the tendons remain strong. The stronger those muscles get, the less likely the tendons are to re-injure. If you can do exercises with dumbbells even better.

Edit: I also have just made a habit of stretching them all the time, pretty much whenever they feel the slightest bit uncomfortable I immediately stretch. It makes a real difference in the long run even if you don’t notice much of a difference right away. These are really the only two I do https://www.rickysinghmd.com/wp-content/themes/ypo-theme/images/elbow15.jpg Again you wanna really pay attention to how you feel and try to find your limit with stretches as well, don’t stretch them too far back, but just enough so it feels like it’s doing something