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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 07:19:58 -0700
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Subject: Re: [AE] The best ergonomic input device is...
From: Todd Kopriva <toddkopriva@gmail.com>
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Here's what works for me:

I do something very similar to what Shelby recommends---switching
positions, chairs, and input devices many times throughout the day. I stand
or use my laptop while in a light stretching position on the floor while
working in my home office, where I deliberately don't have a chair. In my
Adobe office, I alternate between a standard chair and an exercise ball.
But here's the change that made the most difference for my wrist, arm, and
shoulder:

I am a left-handed mouser at work and a right-handed mouser at home. This
took only a few weeks to transition into doing, and it made it so that I
haven't had a moment of RSI-related pain in 10 years... after debilitating
pain for the year or so right before. Spreading the stress/strain across
both sides of my body means that neither side does too much in too short a
time. I kept the right side for home because I'm originally a righty and
didn't want this work adaptation to detract from my creative work at home.

Also, no matter how busy I am, I force myself to take a short walk after
every hour of stationary work. (Phone meetings aren't stationary, as I'm
usually doing some very light exercise on the other end of the phone.)


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Todd Kopriva
1510 E Alder St
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(206)437-2296
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"Ultimately, all knowledge is self-knowledge."
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Here&#39;s what works for me:<div><br></div><div>I do something very simila=
r to what Shelby recommends---switching positions, chairs, and input device=
s many times throughout the day. I stand or use my laptop while in a light =
stretching position on the floor while working in my home office, where I d=
eliberately don&#39;t have a chair. In my Adobe office, I alternate between=
 a standard chair and an exercise ball. But here&#39;s the change that made=
 the most difference for my wrist, arm, and shoulder:<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>I am a left-handed mouser at work and a right-han=
ded mouser at home. This took only a few weeks to transition into doing, an=
d it made it so that I haven&#39;t had a moment of RSI-related pain in 10 y=
ears... after debilitating pain for the year or so right before. Spreading =
the stress/strain across both sides of my body means that neither side does=
 too much in too short a time. I kept the right side for home because I&#39=
;m originally a righty and didn&#39;t want this work adaptation to detract =
from my creative work at home.<span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, no matter how busy I am, I force myself to take a=
 short walk after every hour of stationary work. (Phone meetings aren&#39;t=
 stationary, as I&#39;m usually doing some very light exercise on the other=
 end of the phone.)</div>
<br><br>-- <br>--------------------------------<br>Todd Kopriva<br>1510 E A=
lder St<br>Seattle, WA 98122<br>(206)437-2296<br>--------------------------=
------<br>&quot;Ultimately, all knowledge is self-knowledge.&quot;<br>=A0=
=A0 - Bruce Lee<br>

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