On 17 Aug 2012, at 10:34, AJ ONeal wrote:
> All that keyboarding and mousing is wearing on me.
>
> My wrists are hurting so I'm looking into getting braces and wondering
> about recommendations.
>
> Some of the reviews online warn that some braces get hot, some don't
> provide enough support, s
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Ryan Moore wrote:
> Any specific stretches good for this?
>
>
This has been my go to video for a while for hand stretches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyMNyrOHJQ
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Well, anytime you're comparing the badness of something to php, the analogy
breaks down pretty quickly. After all, for most things in life there is a
legitimate use.
AJ ONeal
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> > What I'm heari
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> What I'm hearing is that wrist braces are the php of solutions to wrist
> pain: the thing that anyone who doesn't know anything about wrist pain turn
> to because that's what they've heard of before. Dodged the bullet on that
> one.
I wouldn't go
What I'm hearing is that wrist braces are the php of solutions to wrist
pain: the thing that anyone who doesn't know anything about wrist pain turn
to because that's what they've heard of before. Dodged the bullet on that
one.
As it turns out I realize that my wrists only started hurting badly the
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:34 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> All that keyboarding and mousing is wearing on me.
Seconded the recommendation to address the root of the problem (typing
habits, they keyboard you're using, etc.) While you're doing that,
there are some things you can do to reduce the pain in
Kinesis is fully programmable--so you could make it do Colemak as
well-or remap any keys you like (eg, caps <--> ctrl).
Having you hands separate also makes it very comfortable to put your
reference/note taking materials directly in front of you--which is
much easier on your head/neck as well.
In
Get a different keyboard. Regular, and even "ergonomic" keyboards
force you to bend your wrists in unnatural ways, which compresses the
tendons inside your wrist joint. I use a Kinesis Advantage. It
eliminates any wrist bending, allowing you to keep them perfectly
straight and relaxed. I've used a
I can't give brace recommendations, but I can give wrist pain recommendations.
I occasionally have wrist pain. These are my strategies to cope:
* Stretches: Good advice already given.
* Take more breaks from typing: Wrist pain is usually a good indicator that
I've been in front of the machine t
On Friday, August 17, 2012 10:45:15 AM Ryan Moore wrote:
> Any specific stretches good for this?
Anything that stretches the tendons going through your carpal tunnel should be
good. 15-20 years ago, I had problems with my wrists, but I got in the habit
of doing some stretches and haven't had to
Any specific stretches good for this?
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Doran L. Barton wrote:
> On Friday, August 17, 2012 10:34:02 AM AJ ONeal wrote:
> > My wrists are hurting so I'm looking into getting braces and wondering
> > about recommendations.
>
> Have you looked into doing stretching
On Friday, August 17, 2012 10:34:02 AM AJ ONeal wrote:
> My wrists are hurting so I'm looking into getting braces and wondering
> about recommendations.
Have you looked into doing stretching instead of braces?
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