My Personal Experience: Big Mice are Easier on the Wrist
February 25, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Peripherals
For over a year now, as a non-stop laptop user, I’ve tended towards portable mice. It’s a lot easier to lug around smaller peripherals, and definitely easier to use them on those small tables road warriors often find themselves working on. But a few weeks ago, my wrist started hurting. Looks like my twelve years(!) of computing had finally caught up with me; I’d finally started experiencing the first signs of repetitive stress injury.
I’m planning to go to the doctor soon enough. In the meantime however, I swiped my officemate’s desktop mouse, which is literally three times bigger than my convenient and handy Bluetooth mouse. The dirty deed was done out of necessity—basically a laziness to use the track pad. So imagine my surprise when I found out a big mouse is much much easier on the wrist. The nagging (but not sharp) pain on my tendons was less acute in other words.
Now don’t take my unsolicited orthopedic advice seriously, and sue if it doesn’t work. But if you’re an avid computer user suffering from wrist pain, already under the doctor’s supervision, maybe you should try sticking to larger mice. There’s nothing wrong with finding ways to relieve your own discomfort after all.
Better yet, if you have any scientific data to back up my conclusion, feel free to share it here.
