In my experience, yes. I switched to Dvorak a couple years ago, and I've been glad I did. I used to have terrible pain in my wrists and forearms. For elimina

In my experience, yes. I switched to Dvorak a couple years ago, and I've been glad I did. I used to have terrible pain in my wrists and forearms. For eliminating pain, switching to Dvorak was as effective as switching to an expensive ergonomic keyboard. I went cold turkey, so I felt like a stroke patient for the first four days. It was a very awkward and frustrating feeling. Within a week, I could type fast enough to code. (Coding doesn't require a fast typing speed.) It took about two weeks to get back to email/IM speed. I'm probably not as fast as I was at QWERTY (110 wpm -> 90 wpm), but I'm certainly fast enough. If I do 15 years on Dvorak, I'll probably reach 110 wpm again. I'd recommend doing an hour of typing exercises each day, and napping after each exercise to let it sink in. Each time I woke up from a nap, I was much better at the exercise from before the nap. I wrote up my experience on my blog if you're interested: http://matt.might.net/articles/preventing-and-managing-rsi/ http://matt.might.net/articles/preventing-and-managing-rsi/