At 02:29 28-01-01 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, it's official, I am now an initiated computer programmer. I now wear a
>wrist brace on my right arm whenever I am using the computer (even just for
>short usage). This is to stop and hopefully revert the condition in my
>wrist. Recently, I have been experiencing a fair amount of pain in my right
>wrist. This after only 8 months at this programming job, though I have been
>working all but the last 2 weeks with a non-ergonomic keyboard, and a plain,
>ordinary mouse, on a less than ideal workstation (if you can call it a
>workstation). The headaches I used to get are gone, and I am not losing my
>vision (as I feared I might), but this wrist issue is not good. My wrists
>are not exactly normal as it is... the ligaments and/or tendons are not as
>tight as they should be because I can move my wrist into and out of position
>with respects to the bones in my forearms. This is a freaky party trick, but
>leads to serious problems when long term working conditions are not
>ergonomic. I like the wrist brace, but trying to use a normal mouse with it
>caused my forearm to cramp up after work. Aside from using a trackball
>instead of a mouse, what might those of you who have had experience with such
>things recommend to help my wrist? I know I should go to a doctor about
>this, but can't really afford that right now. I will go as soon as I can
>afford it, but until I can, I would appreciate any helpful suggestions anyone
>might have.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael Harney
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I swear by a touchpad, myself. I can't stand to use a normal mouse.
I can bend my thumbs back to my wrist, put them on the back side of my
hands, and do a few other "double-jointed" tricks with other fingers, so I
might well have your problem if I used a mouse regularly. The worst thing
I have had is the occasional ganglion cyst on the palm side of some of my
finger joints, and I don't know if those have any relation to typing or
anything else I do with those joints.
-- Ronn! :)
