ELITE performers in sport and entertainment need to keep in the best condition to stay on top of their game.
However unfortunately a sore thumb looks to have brought a premature end to the professional career of one of the world's top video gamers.
Thomas 'ZooMaa' Paparatto is only 25, but says he will have to stop playing Call of Duty for the foreseeable future because of the ongoing pain in his hand.
"It breaks my heart to step away from a game I put my heart and soul into every single day for eight years," he told his fans via Twitter.
Paparatto plays for a team called the New York Subliners, and recently underwent surgery for the condition.
However doctors have warned him to take it easy, and he said "I don't enjoy competing when I can't be the ZooMaa everyone knows and loves and feel like it's not fair to myself or to my team to go through all that again, potentially causing more damage to my hand."
The news has led to an outpouring of grief from his fans, who he thanked for the "love and support" they had showed him every day.
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