I'm at the point in my career where I am starting to feel ergonomic pain from keyboard use - my left forearm has this weird tingly sensation. There's an overwhelming amount of products and information out there about ergonomics, and I'm not sure where to start. What do you do or use to prevent or treat pain related to computer use?
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#2A scarf that I use to support my forearms. My doctor said that I was pressing to hard on the table with my forearms and pressed on the cubital nerve and that gave me the tingling sensation you describe.
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#3A Kinesis Freestyle keyboard, which is split but otherwise a standard layout. Mine is angled/tented so both halves are higher in the middle.
An Evoluent VerticalMouse.
Between the 2 products, my wrists, forearms, and elbows stay in totally natural positions. My wrists don’t need to bend at all to type or mouse.
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#4Something that has made my wrists a little more comfortable during long typing sessions is putting down the little feet on the back of my keyboard. Even though this "feature" was designed to improve ergonomics, and many people I know use it, it can make your wrists uncomfortable and is not usually smart to use.
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#5Monitor suspended directly above bed on a framework. (Eyes pointed nearly straight up, therefore.) Elbows resting on bed.
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#6I use a keyboard with no numpad, it is less wide than a standard keyboard and allows my arms to stay parralel to my body. I also use a vertical mouse with a trackball to help with wrist pain.
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#7I experienced pain on my wrists after prolonged hours with MacBook Pro(2017), no tingly sensation.
I have since switch to the Logitech MX Ergo trackball mouse along with a mechanical keyboard (silent reds and topre works well for me)
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#8I added two atlases under my monitor which seemed to solve all my problems. Obviously there's a ton of variables, I'm just sharing that sometimes it doesn't take much to fix.
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#9Look into stretching exercises. This video saved me from debilitating hand and wrist pain. I'm sure there are similar exercises you can perform for forearm, elbow, shoulder, etc..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyMNyrOHJQ&list=FLm2_1OPWIx...
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#10I use a keyboard with no numpad, it is less wide than a standard keyboard and allows my arms to stay parralel to my body. I also use a vertical mouse with a trackball to help with wrist pain.
I do this as well, specifically an 84 key keyboard. It still has home, page up, page down, and arrow keys but it’s less wide than a typical tenkeyless.