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I felt the first twinges of carpal tunnel back in the day but switching to a Cherry keyboard cleared it right up. Now I wouldn’t use any other.
by gaius 9y ago
I felt the first twinges of carpal tunnel back in the day but switching to a Cherry keyboard cleared it right up. Now I wouldn’t use any other.
- bpicolo 9y agoYeah, I find I tend to hit the keys much less hard
- mmjaa 9y agoThe best thing to do to deal with carpal tunnel is to change your keyboard out every few months. It doesn't matter if its Cherry or whatever - simply don't use the same keyboard for longer than 3 - 4 months. (This is just my personal experience. 30 years ago I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel, and I change my keyboard every 6 months. Never had it since!)
- jazoom 9y agoIt's more likely you're just conscious of your hand posture now.
- helpComputer 9y agoSuppose that's true. The prescription of changing keyboards every X months to help stay conscious of hand posture would make sense.
- jazoom 9y agoSure, but it's a bit much to say something like this, don't you think? >The best thing to do to deal with carpal tunnel is to change your keyboard out every few months. N=1. Expensive solution. More likely alternative explanations.
- mmjaa 9y agoExpensive really? I beg to differ - far cheaper than any of the other options, such as physical therapy, drugs, etc. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one.
- jazoom 9y ago>Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one. Yeah. Which is exactly why if the benefit is being aware of your hand posture you're better off just sticking a note on your keyboard than buying a new one every few months. That was my whole point!
- mmjaa 9y agoI don't buy a new one every few months. I simply have a collection of keyboards, and I swap them out every few months. That's really the only point - you don't have to do this expensively. Besides, keyboards are cheap... cheaper than therapy and drugs and all the other hassle. This really is the simplest, cheapest solution. And no, I don't buy the 'woo woo hand wavy' aspect you imply - I believe that having different geometry to deal with, keeps my hands from becoming accustomed to the repetition of previous keyboards, and thus it exercises my hands in a different way - and it is the difference that matters, above all else, to keeping RSI away ..
- jpeloquin 9y agoThis makes sense. Changing the keyboard presumably leads to a different set of repetitive motions and different injury mechanisms, giving your musculoskeletal system the opportunity to heal existing damage. Was the approach of changing your keyboard periodically recommended by a medical professional? Or by something you read?
- QAPereo 9y agoSame here, I switched to Kinesis Advantage keyboards many moons ago, and it saved me. I went from braces on both forearms to nothing, and never looked back.