Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
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Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
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#3split boards like an ergodox are really quite good, especially in this regard for us broad-shouldered folks.
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#4This is really similar to the Kinesis freestyle keyboard. https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/freestyle2-for-pc-us/ I really like it.
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#5I've had a similar experience. A few hours into every workday I'd end up with shoulder pain. I ended up building my own split keyboard, and keeping each half spaced out roughly as wide as my shoulders entirely solved the problem. In hindsight the shoulder/arm position for a normal keyboard is just outright terrible... if you're even moderately broad you're so bunched up to type.
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#6more important is to use ortholinear keyboard
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#7Try the Moonlander keyboard!
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#8The split wireless keyboard from FalbaTech dramatically decreased back pain, headaches, and migraines. My keyboards are kept at a minimum 50cm apart, and I can move them freely depending on comfort (because they are split AND wireless!). Highly recommend them!
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#9I made the jump from dual keyboards to a Kinesis Freestyle (2) almost a decade ago. Honestly sometimes I think about going back.
I had dual MS Sculpt keyboards for a while, & loved the curve. It's easier to spread the keyboards out far wider than with the pretty short cable Kinesis keyboards usually come with (some keyboards have an XL option). Also Kinesis seems allergic to build a regular-plain-old function-key row, and it seriously hampers usability, even after years of use on this keyboard.
The best part is definitely being in an office, and people thinking I was working on multiple things at once.
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#10Once you try the 21" separation Kinesis freestyle you won't go back (assuming you know how to touch-type). Being able to keep your arms at shoulder length apart releases a lot of tension you'd otherwise have by brining your arms literally together to type.
That being said, the keyboard is hardly perfect.