Re: No more carpal tunnel for typists?

["Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>]

"Mark Osborne" <MOsborne -at- bna -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> I've had a similar problem to yours. I had numbness, tingling, and pain.
> Whatever works for you is good, but I would have a hard time using the
> mouse on the left of my keyboard. What I did was order a "mouse bridge"
> (aka "Mouse Caddy") through my company. This is a 6" x 8" elevated mouse
> pad that fits over the numeric key pad. (I don't use my numeric keys
> anyway.) This way the mouse is on the same level as the keys and is closer
> to me. I don't have to reach over for it and I'm not tempted to lean on my
> right wrist while mousing. It has worked wonders and a lot of my co-workers
> have benefitted from them too. (I'm a kind of ergonomic representative for
> my floor through a company-sponsored program.) If you routinely need the
> numeric keypad, this might now work for you. 
>

Actually, the best solution is not the mouse bridge or 
caddy -- it's to buy a keyboard that doesn't have the 
numeric keypad at all. They are even making wireless 
ones now for PCs, and Macally makes a 96-key keyboard 
for the Mac. (I've got a 96-key keyboard at work from a 
system that Sun no longer makes and I have to hide it from 
the tech guys every time I move offices :-> )

I've used mouse bridges in the past and while they do 
bring the mouse closer in, they also raise the mouse 
above the level of the keyboard a few inches. Also, if 
you do decide to go with a mouse bridge, note that the 
clear and grey colors will not work with an optical mouse.

-- Janice

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