[DM-MUG] Computer use and ergonomics....mouses? [mice?]

[Michael R. Hoffmann]

I like my Microsoft Trackball Explorer & have used trackballs instead  
of Mice for a long time. It's optical & when clean it works very  
well. This is the best one I've used.

Mike
On Jun 3, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:


> I am developing a type of 'tennis elbow' and believe it's linked to  
> gripping the mouse hard...so far massage therapy has been able to  
> to work it out but I can't very well do that each day and I want to  
> catch it before it gets really bad....any thoughts on what to do?   
> My chair and keyboard are at good height [or lack thereof], I do  
> try to use L mouse [I reattached it so I could shift on and off],  
> use keyboard and Wacom tablet but the right arm/hand still gets  
> pretty painful by end of a hard day [I am getting this mainly  
> working on photographs - not lawyering so much]
>
> Would a larger mouse or different one be better?  Using the index  
> finger alot is a problem [I have a 2 button scrollwheel wireless  
> mouse] too.
>
> [I would imagine the graphic artists amongst us have dealt with this]
>
> Thanks for any help!!!
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring, Attorney, Civil Rights, Discrimination &  
> Employment Law, <http://www.HerringLaw.com>;  Travel research and  
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