I've experienced the same thing, Ben. I've got big ol' meathooks, but the don't contort very well. I get all tight when I spend a lot of time typing prose, but as long as I'm dancing around the keys looking for all those weird programming keys, I'm fine. I think it's directly tied to when I have my wrists on the desk/rest, because that keeps everything still. When I'm floating (from moving my hands around), I have less problems.
Also, when you're sitting at the desk, make sure your elbows are slightly higher than the desk surface. Someone told me that at some point, and it's good advice, since it helps keep your wrists floating. Especially with my horrible horrible slouching. ;) cheers, barneyb --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: ergonomics > > > Is he making fun of my glasses? > > Oh, well, I'll tell him what helps me anyway. > > I type wrong. I didn't learn it that way on purpose, but there it is. My > hands are a little small for a standard keyboard (from the home > row I can't > reach most of the numbers), so my hands move around, waving above the > keyboard like I'm casting a spell. > > I talked to an ergonomics expert, and she said what I was doing > was exactly > right. Many of the problems associated with RSS are caused by > the hands and > wrists being forced into and kept at wierd angles. According to her, the > key is to keep moving the hands and wrists around so that they aren't ever > stuck in the same position for hours on end. > > I don't know if any of this will help, but it's what I know. :-\ > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:38 PM > : To: CF-Talk > : Subject: RE: ergonomics > : > : > : yah...i just turned 30 on the 4th of june, I had to get glasses > : and now, these wrists are starting to bug out...10 years of this > : and this is what happens.... > : > : I really want to find a not too high priced ergo desk.... > : > : tony weeg > : uncertified advanced cold fusion developer > : tony at navtrak dot net > : www.navtrak.net > : office 410.548.2337 > : fax 410.860.2337 > : > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Erik Yowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:36 PM > : To: CF-Talk > : Subject: RE: ergonomics > : > : > : That does suck - same thing here, I'm in my late 20s and my wrist is > : shot - Switching to the MS Wireless Optical Intellimouse Explorer helped > : me quite a bit, and from what I hear the Logitech trackballs are > : seriously the way to go, though it will take a bit of relearning time to > : get the hang of it if you're not used to it. > : > : Erik Yowell > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : http://www.shortfusemedia.com > : > : > : > -----Original Message----- > : > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:11 PM > : > To: CF-Talk > : > Subject: ot: ergonomics > : > > : > hey all. > : > > : > listen...ive got a problem, and things are getting worse. > : > > : > my wrists and my forearm (tennis elbow) are really starting to hurt > : > these days, I have been to the doc, got some scripts (vioxx, bextra, > : > ibuprofen, etc...) > : > and they are all well, blah... anyway, what ergonomic ideas does > : anyone > : > have > : > or employ (Desk, mouse, keyboard) that you could share...this is > : > starting to hurt and this sucks!!!! > : > > : > thanks > : > > : > tony > : > > : > tony weeg > : > uncertified advanced cold fusion developer > : > tony at navtrak dot net > : > www.navtrak.net > : > office 410.548.2337 > : > fax 410.860.2337 > : > > : > > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
