Comments on: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome + Upper Limb Disorder = BAD http://blog.meriwilliams.com/2004/04/25/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-upper-limb-disorder-bad/ Making things useful, getting stuff done Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://blog.meriwilliams.com/2004/04/25/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-upper-limb-disorder-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Rich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.meriwilliams.com/?p=113#comment-248 Have you tried using a "natural" keyboard? A few years ago, I was getting terrible numbness in my forearms while typing. I switched to a Microsoft natural keyboard and it went away entirely (and so did my ability to type at all for several days...). You can say what you like about their software, but Microsoft make good hardware! (Or relabel it, anyway.) Have you tried using a “natural” keyboard? A few years ago, I was getting terrible numbness in my forearms while typing. I switched to a Microsoft natural keyboard and it went away entirely (and so did my ability to type at all for several days…). You can say what you like about their software, but Microsoft make good hardware! (Or relabel it, anyway.)

]]> By: Bob http://blog.meriwilliams.com/2004/04/25/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-upper-limb-disorder-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Bob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.meriwilliams.com/?p=113#comment-249 You could try pushing your luck with work and angle for a Maltron keyboard - <a href="http://www.maltron.com.">http://www.maltron.com.</a> I switched to a natural keyboard about 4 years ago which made a big difference, although my symptoms weren't as bad as yours. Learn all the keyboard shortcuts - one advantage (?) of growing up in a terminal UNIX environment is that I think that !?search?:s/get_rid_of/replace/ makes sense. It also doesn't involve any upper arm movement to and from the mouse. I've heard that current teenagers are getting very dextrous thumbs, from tapping text messages into their mobiles. Ho hum. Doesn't improve their spelling though. You could try pushing your luck with work and angle for a Maltron keyboard – http://www.maltron.com.

I switched to a natural keyboard about 4 years ago which made a big difference, although my symptoms weren’t as bad as yours.

Learn all the keyboard shortcuts – one advantage (?) of growing up in a terminal UNIX environment is that I think that !?search?:s/get_rid_of/replace/ makes sense. It also doesn’t involve any upper arm movement to and from the mouse.

I’ve heard that current teenagers are getting very dextrous thumbs, from tapping text messages into their mobiles. Ho hum. Doesn’t improve their spelling though.

]]> By: Meri http://blog.meriwilliams.com/2004/04/25/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-upper-limb-disorder-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Meri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.meriwilliams.com/?p=113#comment-250 Thanks for the tips, guys! For the moment I'm trying the new trackball and it seems to be helping so far, as is sleeping in the wrist brace at night. If things worsen again though I'll definitely look at a natural keyboard, although it seems most of my symptoms are from using the mouse as I do type pretty well (i.e. use most of my fingers for the right keys, which is the main point of natural keyboards, isn't it?). My main issue with something like a natural keyboard is that I will always be moving from one computer to the other and carrying a trackball with me is much more likely than a keyboard as well, particularly with the laptop! Thanks for the tips, guys! For the moment I’m trying the new trackball and it seems to be helping so far, as is sleeping in the wrist brace at night. If things worsen again though I’ll definitely look at a natural keyboard, although it seems most of my symptoms are from using the mouse as I do type pretty well (i.e. use most of my fingers for the right keys, which is the main point of natural keyboards, isn’t it?).

My main issue with something like a natural keyboard is that I will always be moving from one computer to the other and carrying a trackball with me is much more likely than a keyboard as well, particularly with the laptop!

]]> By: kim http://blog.meriwilliams.com/2004/04/25/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-upper-limb-disorder-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-251 kim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.meriwilliams.com/?p=113#comment-251 IT WILL TAKE ME SOME TIME TO TYPE THIS LETTER ONLY TYPING WITH MY GOOD OLD FAITHFUL "PINKIES AND RING FINGERS", BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I HAVE LEFT WITH CTS. DIAGNOSED WITH "CRAPAL-TUNNELED-SYMPTOMATIC POOPIE DISEASE" hA hA ! RIGHT? no... MY NAME IS KIMBERLY AT AGE 33 WITH CRONIC CTS. DIAGNOSED W/CTS, 6 YEARS AGO. AND BEING ME"," AT MY KNOW IT ALL STAGE OF LIFE, THINKING IF I EGNORE IT IT WILL GO AWAY....NOT! NOW I CAN'T WORK WELL WITH ANYTHING. I DROVE MY HAND'S INTO THE GROUND. I WAS IN DENIAL. FAKED MY WHOLE FAMILY FOR YEARS AND MY EMPLOYERS, UNTILL ONE DAY I DISABLED MY-SELF BY NOT DOING ANYTHING AND EGNORING IT. WELL GUESS WHAT, I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, MY BOY-FRIEND HELPS ME ZIP BUTTON,ETC TO MAKE IT LESS PAINFUL FOR ME....CAN'T KEEP A JOB BECAUSE I WAS TO SLOW AT MY PROFESSION . DENTAL LAB TECH. LET GO AT MY LAST THREE JOB'S THEY WERE TRYING TO BE NICE..... LOST SOUL, WHAT TO DO NOW???? KIMBERLY WOLFORD DALLAS, TEXAS KIMMIE9111@YAHOO.COM PS TOOK 3 HOURS TO WRITE AND TOTALLY KNUMB LIKE SPRINGBOARDS IN MY PALM'S BOTH HANDS. ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF MY SHOULDER BLADES........ IT WILL TAKE ME SOME TIME TO TYPE THIS LETTER ONLY TYPING WITH MY GOOD OLD FAITHFUL “PINKIES AND RING FINGERS”, BECAUSE THAT’S ALL I HAVE LEFT WITH CTS. DIAGNOSED WITH “CRAPAL-TUNNELED-SYMPTOMATIC POOPIE DISEASE” hA hA ! RIGHT? no…
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY AT AGE 33 WITH CRONIC CTS. DIAGNOSED W/CTS, 6 YEARS AGO. AND BEING ME”,” AT MY KNOW IT ALL STAGE OF LIFE, THINKING IF I EGNORE IT IT WILL GO AWAY….NOT! NOW I CAN’T WORK WELL WITH ANYTHING. I DROVE MY HAND’S INTO THE GROUND. I WAS IN DENIAL. FAKED MY WHOLE FAMILY FOR YEARS AND MY EMPLOYERS, UNTILL ONE DAY I DISABLED MY-SELF BY NOT DOING ANYTHING AND EGNORING IT. WELL GUESS WHAT, I CAN’T DO THAT ANYMORE, MY BOY-FRIEND HELPS ME ZIP BUTTON,ETC TO MAKE IT LESS PAINFUL FOR ME….CAN’T KEEP A JOB BECAUSE I WAS TO SLOW AT MY PROFESSION . DENTAL LAB TECH. LET GO AT MY LAST THREE JOB’S THEY WERE TRYING TO BE NICE….. LOST SOUL,
WHAT TO DO NOW????
KIMBERLY WOLFORD
DALLAS, TEXAS
KIMMIE9111@YAHOO.COM

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TOOK 3 HOURS TO WRITE AND TOTALLY KNUMB LIKE SPRINGBOARDS IN MY PALM’S BOTH HANDS. ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF MY SHOULDER BLADES……..

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