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| Thread ID: 80660 | 2007-07-01 05:56:00 | Mousepad woes | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 564743 | 2007-07-02 09:57:00 | For the record, I purchased this mousepad this afternoon. So far so good - it seems to work brilliantly, and doesn't smell of chemicals. I heard that the mousepads with these rests are just as bad if not worse, than normal mouse pads because resting your wrist on the pad can slow down the blood supply to your hand and can compress nerves. The best thing to do is take lot of of microbreaks and excercise while working. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 564744 | 2007-07-02 10:34:00 | I have heard the same thing as rogerp - and that goes double for keyboard wrist-rests. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 564745 | 2007-07-02 11:23:00 | I had excruciating OOS in the forearm until my physio showed me the error of my ways: I was using my wrist and forearm muscles to move the mouse, which was sitting on the edge of my desk. A large, hard knot of muscle had grown in my forearm. He pushed the monitor and mouse further back on the desk so that now my whole forearm rests on the desk and mouse movement is controlled by the big shoulder muscles. This means my wrist and forearm stay straight, but relaxed. Within weeks my OOS had gone and hasn't come back (in 3 years). |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 564746 | 2007-07-02 21:13:00 | Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll see what happens over the next few weeks, and may adjust what I'm doing accordingly. | somebody (208) | ||
| 564747 | 2007-07-02 22:52:00 | I heard that the mousepads with these rests are just as bad if not worse, than normal mouse pads because resting your wrist on the pad can slow down the blood supply to your hand and can compress nerves. The best thing to do is take lot of of microbreaks and excercise while working. Dead right Roger. Sixty years ago in my first job I would spend a very large part of some days typing. My colleagues were the same. But there was never any sign of RPI or OOS as it is now known. The reason was, we had no arm or wrist rests and our arms were held above the keyboard. Also of course in those days we had to continually stop to file some of our stuff away- answer the telephone - see to customers etc. This is the answer lots of breaks LOTS. Don't use wrist pads etc - they really are a menace - the first thing I did with my latest keyboard was remove the rest and dump it. And yet they still sell. Strange world. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 564748 | 2007-07-03 02:18:00 | Mousepad???? Mouse??? Try one of these, no OOS no nuffink. Just like using a pen, remember those? www.dse.co.nz |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 564749 | 2007-07-03 03:22:00 | Mousepad???? Mouse??? Try one of these, no OOS no nuffink. Just like using a pen, remember those? www.dse.co.nz I tried one of these a few years back, and found it incredibly difficult to get used to... |
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