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Ergonomic keyboard
May. 27th, 2010 06:23 pmJust over a week ago I bought this ergonomic keyboard. It's split, which the woman who assessed my workstation a few weeks ago recommended. It also has an embedded track pad, similar to one on a laptop, to replace a mouse. The keyboard looks like this:
Theoretically it should help with the carpal tunnel symptoms I get from using a computer mouse. However, learning to use the track pad takes a lot of concentration at this stage. And unfortunately, the second day I really used the keyboard, I did a bunch of data entry and by the end of the day my right shoulder was tight and aching. I suspect that I'm holding tension there because of the intense concentration of learning to use the track pad.
I had my massage therapist work on it Monday night, and it released a whole lot. I hope it gets better as I get more used to using the track pad, and I don't have to concentrate as hard to control the cursor. I've been learning more shortcut key strokes to use instead of the track pad. That has helped a lot. I'm also trying consciously to relax when I'm at the computer, as well, which is also helping. This week has definitely been easier on the shoulder than last week.
Theoretically it should help with the carpal tunnel symptoms I get from using a computer mouse. However, learning to use the track pad takes a lot of concentration at this stage. And unfortunately, the second day I really used the keyboard, I did a bunch of data entry and by the end of the day my right shoulder was tight and aching. I suspect that I'm holding tension there because of the intense concentration of learning to use the track pad.
I had my massage therapist work on it Monday night, and it released a whole lot. I hope it gets better as I get more used to using the track pad, and I don't have to concentrate as hard to control the cursor. I've been learning more shortcut key strokes to use instead of the track pad. That has helped a lot. I'm also trying consciously to relax when I'm at the computer, as well, which is also helping. This week has definitely been easier on the shoulder than last week.
