My Wrist Hurts

[JojoDiego]

I've switched mouse hands a couple times now when the pain wouldn't go away with ergonomic fixes. It was weird the first time, like throwing a ball left-handed when you're right-handed, but I got used to it pretty quick.

[augie_]

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I have the mouse sensitivity set fairly high, so I don't move anything but my hand.

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This is exactly your problem.

[straightflush]

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i changed to this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B...5Fencoding=UTF8

set in my lap on a pillow. which worked great for about 2 years of 30 to 40 hour/week playing, then I started getting soreness in my hands. now I mostly use this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AL...5Fencoding=UTF8

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Does this work very well? It seems like it would be hard to navigate with.

From my experience playing playstation games that use a cursor, it seems like it would be hard to work with.

[Our House]

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balt crank height adjustable desk: $200
evoluent vertical mouse 2: $50
2 neoflex lcd arms: $180
2 Huge mouspads: $20
Taking the arms off my chair: free

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For everything else there's MasterCard.

[straightflush]

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I have done a huge ammount of research into this, and I am doing great coping with my own carpal tunnel problems.

This thread is filled with terrible advice already.

You should talk to a doctor. There are thousands of ways you could have injured yourself, and what worked for others can hurt you.

What worked for me:

balt crank height adjustable desk: $200
evoluent vertical mouse 2: $50
2 neoflex lcd arms: $180
2 Huge mouspads: $20
Taking the arms off my chair: free

For most forms of RSI, there is no correct posture. You must be changing your posture.

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What do you mean by huge mousepads? Large surface area?

I guess you took the arms off your chair to keep the temptation away?

Pictures?


It sounds like you really take your ergonomics seriously. Thanks for the advice.

[Pinky]

I have an easier solution. I put 2 pillows in my lap and rest my elbows on them. My wrist is then level with the mouse.

[PokerPadawan]

I have a neural interface to communicate my mouse movements to the computer directly from my frontal lobe. I sit in a catatonic state in a darkened room, deeply analyzing each scenario and performing on-the-fly EV calculations while I 20-table the 30/60+ games on several well-known sites that gives me 150% rakeback (no I can't say which site).

Before I reached this state of perfection, I used a regular mouse with high sensitivity and a gel-cushion mousepad that slopes downward, keeping my wrist straighter.

[Davey]

My wrist used to really hurt too. I raised the height of the chair so its level with the desk. Now my arm rest on the chair. I use a trackball mouse to. That seemed to help.

[straightflush]

I'm just waiting for a program to come out that lets me talk into a microphone...

"Table 3, Raise to 400"
"Table 2, Fold"
"Table 4, Fold"

All while I twiddle my thumbs

[Davey]

I thought there already was something with voice recognition. Im not sure what it was but Ive read about people playing with it.