Playing p99 with Repetitive stress injury

[Jibartik]

i bought one of those MMO mice to play MMOs and using my thumb to cast spells I think caused permanent damage.

be careful out there (inside)

[Vormotus]

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i bought one of those MMO mice to play MMOs and using my thumb to cast spells I think caused permanent damage.

be careful out there (inside)

I believe you because regular mice , on the horizontal plane are totally anti-ergonomic.

The constant pressure of the thumb while your hand is in the unnatural position of a normal mouse only exacerbates the damage further.

I switched to vertical mice about 5 years ago and I no longer suffer from chronic wrist pains as before.

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Though this image is for the evoluent one, which is one of the most expensive, most companies, even Logitech have their own select line of vertical mice.

And they truly truly make a difference.

Anyone using normal mice for long sessions at the computer is only asking for more and more damage in the future to their arm/wrist joints.

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You have to remember, and ask any physician that specializes in joints, that the most normal and relaxed position for your hand is the "shake hands with another" position. The vertical mouse does this as you can see.

Again, though, I know some people due to body/arm/composition or plain stubornness dont like them, but they are usually young people or people that work in a certain way have trouble relearning.

Like I always say, buy 2 or 3 cheap vertical mice and see how they handle.

Due to my work I usually consume a mouse about every year, year and a half, same with keyboards, so I am switching constantly and have found that vertical mice are now cheap enough and come in so many varieties that you can afford to buy a few of them to try.

I buy cheap 20 buck ones off amazon and gladly pay premium to have them delivered to where I live as most computer stores dont even know they exist.

But am always selling the idea to other people and the few that have bothered to listen cant live without them anymore.

Again, your mileage may vary but they have been amazing for me, specially after I had to have a wrist strap for a while and it was driving me crazy until someone told me about them.