carpal tunnel for poker players

[threeonefour]

i am sure this has been discussed in some respect before. I found a few things searching but I think this post could be valuable to the forum nevertheless.

Lately, I have had a lot of pain coming from my right hand as a result of using the mouse to play poker online. I only play 35kish hands per month but a lot of my non-poker hours are spent in front of a computer as well.

I have since employed the following system. I have two mice/mouses, both of which are ambidextrous. one is a trackball(with a large ball, made by logitech) mouse and one is your standard normal mouse. having the two mice allows me to use either mouse with either hand and does seem to reduce the total amount of strain i have to endure. however, i still experience pain from time to time.

so i was wondering if the great members of this forum have any tips for me or people like me. I heard that it was important for your arm to be level with the surface you are using the mouse on and i am doing my best to do that. someone else also told me to try and make sure your monitor is at eye level, apparently this mostly helps reduce eye strain (a serious issue as well) but it can also do good things for your posture.


should i look into buying one of those wrist things?

would a better chair help?

posture?

apparently the software 'multitable helper' has voice recognition software that allows you to play mouseless. i think i may end up using that as long as it actually works well. however i see myself still needing to use the mouse frequently to open new tables or do things like write an email, im, mess with pokertracker, or do any of the many things that most people do while multitabling.