I am in my late thirties and have been developing arthritis in my hands for almost ten years now. I have tried a lot of different ergonomic keyboards including

I am in my late thirties and have been developing arthritis in my hands for almost ten years now. I have tried a lot of different ergonomic keyboards including the aforementioned Kinesis Advantage. I was extra hopeful for it, but even after getting through the rather intensive learning process I didn’t find it helped. If anything I think aggravated the problem. I found myself having to repeatedly bend and unbend my individual fingers to reach keys. This action is particularly painful for me. On a standard keyboard I can maintain roughly continuous finger curl and move my entire arm at the shoulders only slightly extending the finger I wish to use. I remain largely unconvinced of the benefits of welled keyboards, since they do seem to increase overall wear on individual fingers. The solution I found that has actually helped the most is simply using a keyboard with the lowest pressure mushiest rubber domes. For me that has been a keyboard I already owned, a Sun Type 7