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Get a trackball. Learn to use it with either hand. Don't work so hard.

• icefox 17y ago
  And don't give up after a few days. It took me a month or so to learn how to get the pixel accuracy that I had with the mouse that was a month without pain. Moving your thumb v.s. moving your wrist really helps.
• s3graham 17y ago
  I'm sure this worked for you, but for me a trackball made things much worse. It seemed to be more weird movements in my thumb/hand. I do notice that if I'm not doing much work (i.e. more browsing with the mouse) things are worse than when I'm working hard (i.e. more Vim)
  • chancho 17y ago
    Which trackball? Logitech Marble Mouse works great for me because it puts my hand in a position that most resembles a hand-shake (relative to other mice and trackballs.) I noticed immediate benefits and thought "Hey trackballs are great!" but then I started using a Mac at work and the scrolling there is not so great so I bought a Kensington Expert Mouse for the fancy scroll ring. Just awful. Wrists flat on the desk, hands bent up toward the ceiling. Worse than a mouse. Not all trackballs are great.
• tdavis 17y ago
  Another personal anecdote: I developed severe pain in my mousing wrist and switched to a trackball. Within a week of switching all pain was gone.