How do you define 'back'? Seems to me raising the back of a keyboard will cause the hands to bend further back - away from the desk top, not towards it.
Kevin Nolan ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Re: CS>Alternative treatments You don't say what the cause is, but if it is heavy use of a computer keyboard, here's a suggestion. I use a computer many hours a day and eventually had carpal tunnel in both wrists bad enough to have braces on both hands. Then I read an analysis somewhere that the syndrome comes from having the hands bent backward toward your body as you type -- a physically stressful position. The solution suggested was to raise the back of the keyboard up higher than the front so that your hands are bent down toward the desk top, which is not stressful. I put a piece of wood under my keyboard to raise the back about an inch and a half. In about ten days or two weeks the problem disappeared. That was more than a year ago. I still have the braces, but have never needed them since. I also put a small board under the mouse pad and raised it too. Good luck. George A.
