life &Technology &work 20 May 2007 07:47 am

Mouse to the Left

wrist painRSI (repetitive strain injury) is playing up really bad this week. I’m changing hands for mousing and switching mouse buttons to give my right hand a little rest. Rest is the only way to recover. Some really good software for helping a recovery of RSI by reminding you to take frequent rests and do stretching exercises is WorkRave but you need to be disciplined enough to use it.

I wish I was.

4 Responses to “Mouse to the Left”

  1. on 26 Sep 2007 at 8:51 pm 1.Bez said …

    I have the same problem and it is hard to switch from the right hand mouse to a left hand.

  2. on 19 Jun 2008 at 6:21 pm 2.Frank Harper said …

    Thanks for pointing me to WorkRave, I’m going to try it out.

  3. on 24 Aug 2008 at 2:44 am 3.Ted said …

    I switched to a joystick looking mouse from 3m http://www.amazon.com/3M-Ergonomic-Mouse-SMALL-MEDIUM/dp/B00008KWWG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219538472&sr=8-1. It keeps my hand at a more neutral position (thumb up) and has helped a lot.

    Don’t wait until your pain gets really bad. It takes exponentially longer to heal.

  4. on 04 Dec 2015 at 8:01 pm 4.Katarina said …

    I’ve used WorkRave on my work Winbox for quite a while. It’s nice to know it’s available when woknrig from home.(Working from home is bizarre. I run Linux, but work uses a Windows only VPN, so I run XP with VMWare, fire up the VPN, then use Taranella on the virtual XP machine to connect to a remote RHEL system. Sick, sick, but trying pushing Linux through our IT department )

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