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Some people are genetically more predisposed to developing wrist issues but a significant amount of it can be mitigated by proper ergonomics and posture. Your w
by navjack27 2y ago
Some people are genetically more predisposed to developing wrist issues but a significant amount of it can be mitigated by proper ergonomics and posture. Your wrist should be flat on a table and it shouldn't be tilted up or down or left or right. Make sure your desk is long enough that you can put your whole forearm on your desk on a big mouse mat that covers the desk space where your mouse will travel and under your keyboard. Same idea when typing. Your feet should be flat on the ground or up on a foot rest. Your monitor should be level with your eyes so you're not looking up or down at it. The lumbar of your chair should be up in your lumbar.
I'm in my mid-thirties and I've been using computers since I was three and I don't have any issues at all.
But there are a lot of people out there simply "holding it wrong" when it comes to using the devices they use. There isn't a universal way to do things but there is a general as long as you're not straining yourself to do the things that you're doing and you're not putting your ligaments and muscles in strained positions then you're not going to end up with much or any damage. Keep everything neutral as possible. Like right now as I'm posting this I'm lying in bed I just woke up. I'm using voice typing and I'm holding my phone braced up against my chest and I'm keeping the line of my pointer finger in a straight line from my forearm and my wrist has no bend in it for both of my hands and I'm just holding the phone with my thumb and my fingers. Keeping my wrist at a natural flat state so there's no bend in it that is pulling the ligaments either direction. Just being more aware of things like that in your day-to-day life can mitigate or I don't want to say reverse but who knows.
Oh and since a lot of people are suggesting training and strengths and all this other stuff. I've never done a lick of it absolutely none I'm not fat I'm not out of shape per se but I've only recently started to do anything that even seems like exercise so your mile may vary there.