Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:49:15 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Kurry" <gh@over-yonder.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSI-basher? Message-ID: <20040810194915.GJ8351@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20040810180857.EEFB28302A@smtp2.pacifier.net> References: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk> <20040810180857.EEFB28302A@smtp2.pacifier.net>
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Charles Oppermann said something like: > When I started getting wrist RSI from typing, I switched to a Microsoft > Natural keyboard - the angle of the two halves doesn't bend your wrist. > More recently, I've been using a Kensington trackball - but I only get the > ego benefit when the optional wrist support is attached. To no one in particular: The MS Natural helped me, too, but the 'board will not make it impossible for a typist to further the problem. In addition, though the MS Natural helps here, too, the risk of significant joint damage remains. A setup that keeps the wrists near-vertical is the Right Way(tm)---in my untrained, non-practicing medical opinion. I just wish I had tech to back this up. Key no-brainer tip: don't type with your forearms higher than they should be. If nothing else, lower positioning is less damaging than keeping them too high. Dan > ---Charles
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