[geeks] Ergonomic keyboard styles

[Jonathan J. M. Katz]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:29 AM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would encourage you to give extra attention to the mouse that you use.
> Different styles appear to use different muscles.  This might cause new or
> additional damage.  The roller-ball style of mouse is great for many people
> but aggravates my TSI.
>

Interesting stuff. I always noticed that if I didn't use a wrist rest my
wrists would really complain after a few days of sitting at a keyboard. Just
by adding those to any setup I've been lucky to avoid any kind of RSI-type
pain.

Now that I'm working almost exclusively on a laptop directly (since I'm Mr.
Nomad-Consultant-type now) the laptop has a built-in wrist rest of sorts
because of the way it is laid out, so I haven't noticed much problems.
However, after a week at a desktop without a wrist rest/support, my wrists
will ache and kind of swell.

YMWV.

-Jon