[Leica] OT: Hand troubles

[ken at iisaka.com (Ken Iisaka)]

I have a mild tendonitis on my right index finger from excessive mouse
clicking. I've found that using a trackpad with "tap to click" enabled to
be extremely helpful. With Apple and Logitech trackpads, only the lightest
of the tap is enough to click, alleviating stresses on the finger.

However, if you are having problems with the hands, it could very well be
the posture as others have suggested.

At the end of the day, after playing the piano for 40+ years, I've become
quite sensitive to unnecessary stresses and tensions.


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> 
wrote:

> Richard:  I am in fact mouse-ambidexterous, and switched all the time at
> work. Thanks for the reminder, it does indeed distribute the load.  I
> somehow got out of the habit of switching hands at home once I retired. I'm
> doing it again now.  :-)
>
> I just watched a video of a guy with a really thick southern Appalachian
> accent using Dragon, and it did very well. Dragon is a possibility, but I
> want to fool with Windows' own speech recognition first to see how well I
> get along with the idea of it. Free is good.  :-)
>
> Jayanand, Very interesting--several years back, I had frozen shoulders,
> about a year and a half apart between the left and the right. In fact,
> that's one of the reasons why I started shooting micro-4/3--I couldn't
> carry anything heavier without pain.  My doctor told me that frozen
> shoulders often happen to people in their 50s for no apparent reason, men
> more than women, and if you get one, your are quite likely to have the
> other shoulder freeze up a year or two after the first one.  Anyway, I have
> an ergo chair made for a tall person with a big, er, seat, and a table at
> just the right height. Like many very tall people, I do tend to slump
>
> More info in another post. I think I will go Android rather than biting
> Eve's Apple...
>
> --Peter
>
>
>
> > Peter, I taught myself to be a left mouser 20 years ago. It helps to
> spread
> > the load :-) Try it. It took me a couple days to get used to it.
> >
> > Also as others mentioned, check all the other postures and consider try
> > something like Dragon Naturally Speaking. Bleeping thing will never work
> > for me with my accent, but it does work well for people who don't.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at
> gmail.com>
>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Peter,
> > > My guess is that it is probably not the mouse, but an ergonomically
> unsound
> > > posture when using a computer. I got hit by a frozen shoulder a few
> years
> > > ago from using a badly designed chair, which not only took a year for
> me to
> > > return to normalcy, but permanently decimated my golf game as well - I
> was
> > > a single handicapper when it occurred, but am hard pressed to break 20
> over
> > > since!
> > > Cheers
> > > Jayanand
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com>
>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > LUG:  I'm in need of a little advice.
> > > >
> > > > Since I retired, I've been online quite a bit, and also playing
> bassoon
> > > > more than before. Lately, I'm finding my hands are often tired and
> achy.
> > > > The last time this happened (c. 1990), I stayed in denial too long
>
>
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