On Wednesday 02 November 2005 19:46, Craig Allen wrote: I've had mouse problems several years ago. There are several things you can do about it: - as guy already said, take care of good positions of chair and table. Your arm should not be in the air but rest on the table. Most problems can be solved by carefully looking at position of monitor, table etc. - If you use windows, try to use much more the keyboard in stead of the mouse. Many things can be done by keyboard and after some time you will notice that even the productivity increases by not using a mouse. - You can hook up several types of mouse. I have been using a mouse pen as second mouse several years ago. I have seen other people using kind of grip-mouse where the hand has turned 90 degrees relative to normal mouse positions which gives a more natural position. - Depending on what possibilities you have and you are doing with a PC, switching over to linux will have a very positive effect on problems with RSI. Many RSI-mouse problems are typical Windows related. Taco
> Lately my right arm has been giving me lots of pain, in particular inside > the elbow. And it's affecting my playing. I sit and pracitice for half an > hour and when I unwind from the instrument I get this pain right inside the > elbow. I suspect the general cause is working on a computer all day and > finally the mouse is catching up with me. I'm also getting a sharp pain at > the left shoulder just at the base of my neck. This can be excruciating. > > So then, does anyone here experience similar pains and aches and what are > you doing about it? If you're undergoing physical therapy I'd be interested > to know more about what kind specifically. I've also heard Pat O'Brien > often has good advice for these sorts of things, but as I'm not in New York > maybe one of his students here could expound on any help he's given them. > > Thank you for your replies. > > Regards, > Craig > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
