RSI/tendonitis solutions? Vertical mouse?

[Spork829]

Hi everyone! I've had tendonitis in my wrists, particularly the right one, from using a mouse and keyboard for a few years, but it's gotten bad recently.

 

I've already made sure that my setup is as ergonomic as possible with the gear I have, and I switched to a 60% keyboard so my hands are  parallel with my shoulders while playing games, which I think did help somewhat. And I do wear a brace and ice it regularly.

 

But my mouse hand is still pretty bad. I've been using a logitech G402 for years, and I think it may be a lot of the problem. 

 

I was looking at vertical 'ergonomic' mice and wanted to know everybody's thoughts on these. Most are expensive but I did find this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MZB4MYL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?pf_rd_r=QQ59Y584ENM7E581QY0V&pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&linkCode=sl1&tag=ergotrends-20&linkId=1fdc8e4306a5d1149483f263bf133cd4&language=en_US&th=1

 

Which is so cheap I might just pick it up even if I'm not sure I'll like it.

 

Does anyone have experience with RSI/tendonitis and/or using mice like this? Other solutions?

 

Thanks!

[minibois]

I've used a mouse at work quite often and really like it. What I did find though, is that your desk and/or your chair should be at the right height, so your hand doesn't have to reach up/down (too much) to use the vertical mouse, which could cause issues in your wrist.

 

Excuse the crude drawing, but this should get my point across:

With the above two drawings, you can see the table is too low down/high up respectively, meaning you are putting extra stress on your wrist and shoulders.

I've found you really need to have a desk at the right height for these mice to work well.

 

We had a couple different mice at work, what I do think is important is having adequate pinky finger support. Some of the mice didn't have this and I thought that was a lot less comfortable. Your mileage may vary.

Oh and this will probably sound silly, but it doesn't take too long (in my experience) to get used to, but one thing that might happen is when your mouse hand mouse from your keyboard to the mouse, you might knock the mouse over. This happened to me a couple times.

I just have such a muscle memory, to move my mouse hand from my keyboard to my mouse at a certain height and the extra height of the vertical mouse made me hit it. Not an issue, as I got used to it quickly, but I wanted to mention it

 

*of course as always, consult a professional for professional help. I am only saying this from person experience.

[Spork829]

5 hours ago, minibois said:

I've used a mouse at work quite often and really like it. What I did find though, is that your desk and/or your chair should be at the right height, so your hand doesn't have to reach up/down (too much) to use the vertical mouse, which could cause issues in your wrist.

 

Excuse the crude drawing, but this should get my point across:

With the above two drawings, you can see the table is too low down/high up respectively, meaning you are putting extra stress on your wrist and shoulders.

I've found you really need to have a desk at the right height for these mice to work well.

 

We had a couple different mice at work, what I do think is important is having adequate pinky finger support. Some of the mice didn't have this and I thought that was a lot less comfortable. Your mileage may vary.

Oh and this will probably sound silly, but it doesn't take too long (in my experience) to get used to, but one thing that might happen is when your mouse hand mouse from your keyboard to the mouse, you might knock the mouse over. This happened to me a couple times.

I just have such a muscle memory, to move my mouse hand from my keyboard to my mouse at a certain height and the extra height of the vertical mouse made me hit it. Not an issue, as I got used to it quickly, but I wanted to mention it

 

*of course as always, consult a professional for professional help. I am only saying this from person experience.

Thanks! Yes, what you depicted in the drawings is exactly the advice I've followed to try and rule out my setup and posture as the issue. I think I may order that mouse and see what happens.