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Laptop Ergonomics.

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A Must-Have Laptop Accessory -

Visit Amazon.com to view a newer ergonomic product on the market - a folding, rubber keyboard that with a USB connection. This keyboard folds or rolls to a convenient, portable size; is spill and dust-proof; and is light-weight - an easy and inexpensive way to improve the ergonomics of your laptop.



Happy Computing!

I have a laptop riser and I love it. It made a big difference in my upper back discomfort as well as wrist pain. I highly recommend getting one.

One of my main problems these days (and you mentioned it in your article) is eye strain. I often forget to look away from the computer and when I do I can really feel the strain. If I'm working particularly diligently I set the timer on my stove for 50 minute intervals so it forces me to get up. It changes my focus as well as gives my legs a stretch.

My husband telecommutes once a week and was having problems with his laptop setup at home. One of the first things I got him was a laptop riser and I agree with you M o e, it's been great.

Another thing that really helped was to set a keyboard and mouse on a nice wide lapdesk so his arms were at the right angle. What made this possible was the purchase of a keyboard that doesn't have the number pad on it. Consequently, it is much shorter and easier to center on the lapdesk. These keyboards are harder to find but very worthwhile!

I was watching Dotto tech today and they had this ergonomic mouse that looked awesome. The mouse was kind of turned on it's side so you didn't have to rotate your wrist to use the clickers.

M o e: I'm not sure I understand the kind of mouse you mention. The plain old Microsoft mouse I have doesn't require that I rotate my wrist to click. Is there something I'm not realizing?

Standard mouses require you to twist your hand at the wrist to use them . Put your forarm on the the table and relax it it. IN the relaxed position the outside of your hand rests on the table and your thumb is toward the ceiling. When you're using a mouse the thumb points toward your body and the outside of your hand points away from the table twisting at the wrist. The new mouse lets your hand stay in the relaxed position relieving the tension of having it constantly twisted.

Here are two pictures of it:

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Oh, I get it -- I thought you meant you had to twist your wrist to click with the regular mouse. But I see that the arm is just positioned with a flexed wrist.

Hey, the mouse in the link looks pretty interesting. It does look like an improvement because the part of the wrist that is often resting on the table (although I know you probably shouldn't do that) is not that delicate underside of the wrist.

Hi, Ladies

You are one-step ahead of me!

Check out this week's review of the Evoluent Vertical Mouse at the Ergonomic Site.
The Evoluent Vertical Mouse - A Product Review

This is my personal favorite of all ergonomic mice.



Next week I will review the 3M Ergonomic Mouse. This is another good choice for elbow, forearm and wrist pain.

Take a look at it here.

I have the worst Carpal tunnel syn. are there any exercises i can do to relieve some of the pain