A relative of mine gets RSI pains when using a mouse for just a few minutes. She just can not use one.
However she gets on very well with a pen and tablet no problem at all, and using it on Ubuntu right back to 5.10 and onwards and upwards has never been a problem at all with it. Regards, Andy. On 25 March 2011 16:22, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 25 March 2011 16:14, Jon Reynolds <maill...@jcrdevelopments.com> wrote: > >> Hello folks, >> >> Am sure as all of you are computer users, some probably quite prolific (as >> coders etc), that some of you have had experience with RSI. >> >> I have had a bad wrist for a few years now on and off. It always seemed to >> go away but recently (last 4-6months) it seems to be here and not going >> away. >> >> Basically I get a pain in the inside corner of my wrist when it is bent >> back, i.e. in a position to do push ups. I cannot push things (e.g. doing >> push ups) without it hurting and shaking it (shaking inside-out socks) hurts >> too. >> >> I have tried wearing a wrist strap (like a sports one) for the last few >> weeks but it doesn't seem to be making much difference. >> >> I am a CAD user by day, which is very mouse-dependant, but also do an >> amount of typing, but I think the mouse usage is the main culprit as its >> always semi-hovering as I manoeuvre the mouse. >> >> I am wondering if anyone else has had experiences like this and how they >> got rid of it? Maybe those little cushioned mouse mats, where you rest your >> wrist on a small cushion would help. >> >> > There are lots of things you can try: make sure that you're sitting at a > comfortable angle (I had this a while ago because my seat was too low); try > a wrist rest, either as part of a mouse mat or separately; if all else > fails, consider an alternative pointing device like a trackball or even a > graphics pad. > > s/ > > > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > My CV: http://bit.ly/sfg <http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv>_new_cv > "Is this your sanderling?" > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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