Suggestions for an Ergonomic Mouse? 127
pawul13 asks: "I've seen lots of articles and suggestions on ergonomic keyboards (and I have the excellent kinesis version, which helps tremendously), but what about mice? I'm currently experiencing a lot of pain, but only in my 'mouse' wrist. I have a semi-ergo Logitech, but it's not doing it. Does anyone have suggestions for the best ergo mouse (Trackball, optical, whatever, it doesn't matter)?" There was a similar question from January, but it may have been too limited.
Right and left handed both (Score:2, Interesting)
Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
Give it a shot.
Trackball and Mouse - change often (Score:2, Interesting)
Still waiting for the thought-controlled input device, but then I guess that will just give you a headache instead :-)
Daily Planet (Score:5, Interesting)
Basic idea: you reach past your number keys to get to the mouse, so moving to the other side reduces hand travel to get there. And anyone can adapt to the mouse on the other side, even without changing buttons... Try it, and you may not have to spend money to solve your problems.
Anyway...
Re:One of those glove thingies from Minority Repor (Score:3, Interesting)
Is a mouse really needed? (Score:4, Interesting)
Also, I agree with another poster that a large part of the problem is because of that silly numeric keypad wasting 6" of space past the right side of my keyboard. Might be worth finding a keyboard without that (course, they're really useful when typing numbers, but that's another matter).
I also suspect that a lot of extra effort is put into pressing , since it's so far away. I've actually adapted into pressing ^H by habit. But that doesn't always work: brings up browser history, etc. Also, if you accidentally type rm -rf / and mean to hit ^H but miss and hit ^J....
ergo is bad for your wrist (Score:5, Interesting)
You'd be best off with the old amiga mouses or something: square. You'd end up shifting your hand from time to time since it's uncomfortable, in the long run it's more comforatble.
Re:ergo is bad for your wrist (Score:2, Interesting)
*bzzzzt* Wrong! That discomfort is a warning that you're doing damage to your body. By the time you get around to doing something about the pain, the damage is done.
Re:Well... (Score:2, Interesting)
MS Trackball Optical (Score:1, Interesting)
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeybo
Yeah yeah, but hey, I use it under Linux too.
If you're a lefty, you're out of luck as far as I know, because I've not seen any good trackballs which are left-hand specific. Trackballs (more to the point, thumb-balls) are great... I used to like the Logitech ones, but the MS ones fit my hand much better.
Penny+Giles Trackball (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:What is it with this... (Score:2, Interesting)
after the surgery on my right, relates to whether the movement of a joint is a full extension/contraction cycle
or a shorter "snubbed" movement. The shorter motion can cause problems by failing to distribute the sinovial fluid which
lubricates joints and tendons, along the full length of a passage such as the Carpal Tunnel which carries the Radial Nerve
through the wrist.
Short motion>incomplete lubrication>irritated nerve>swelling>increased irritation.....>permanent damage to nerve.
Breaking long series of short motions by making a couple of slow full cycle movements to distribute the lubricating fluid
to the entire passage seems to break this cycle. Started early, for some people it may cure the condition completely.
Gel! (Score:2, Interesting)
I guess you should be able to pick up a gel mousepad (and a matching keyboard pad) at any computer store, if not, here is a link. [compusa.com]