A colleague of mine was complaining of pain in his wrist. He was using a mouse pad with a built-in wrist rest. I can’t remember where I read it but to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), you must move your whole forearm. Unfortunately, the wrist rest on the mouse pad encourages you to rest your wrist on it while mousing, which means you end up bending your wrists left and right. A sure fire way to get CTS.
So, if you have a similar mouse pad, don’t use the wrist rest. Replace it or rotate the pad so the wrist rest is on the same side as your thumb to minimise its interference as you mouse around.
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Tags: cts, ergonomics, mouse pad, rsi
