OT: ergonomics and vertical mice

[Michael Hipp]

On 2013-03-27 1:21 PM, Andrew Gould wrote:
> Does anyone out there use vertical mice to prevent or alleviate wrist
> pain?  I was wondering whether keeping the hand in the "handshake"
> position matters, ergonomically speaking.

I used one for a while during a period when I was having lots of arm and 
hand pain. The idea of putting the hand in a vertical position seems 
logical but I just didn't care for it. Seemed the dexterity, speed and 
positional accuracy suffered greatly. And it just seemed to bring about 
a different set of discomforts. So I abandoned it after a while.

I went to see a local chiropractor a few times for the various pains I 
was having and he did me a lot of good. I now use a normal mouse with 
one of the Microsoft Natural "humpback" keyboards and don't have much 
trouble.

I also swapped out most of my editors for ones with Vim mappings. I 
believe this also helped a lot.

But all the above is just FWIW. keyboards, mice, chairs, monitors, 
seating positions are very individual things and each person will have 
to find what works best.

Michael