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3 HN users recommended this between 2018 and 2022, in 3 comments.
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True, right here! I'm temporarily disabled after Rt shoulder surgery and am looking for a left-handed-only keyboard solution (typing very slowly w/LH on the laptop kbd now).
I found a great mouse solution, a Logitech trackball mouse that sits in my RH sling [1] -- so good I expect to switch to it after recovery. But the kbd...
[1] Logitech MX ERGO Advanced Wireless Trackball https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753P1GTS/ref=oh_aui_de...
I use the Microsoft Surface wireless keyboard (poorly named but its ergonomic) and the Logitech MX Trackball mouse. I had bought them both cause I had pain in my hands and once I made the switch to both its been very rare for me to have my hands hurt in that way since.
As a result I could care less what other devs think. As soon as I say I use a trackball I get poked at but I can move my mouse much faster and its been great for gaming as well.
Edit:
In case anybody is in a similar situation and is willing to try anything I'll post the amazon links I just got off Google here:
This is the keyboard, I believe I got mine at a BestBuy when it was slightly cheaper for a moment, it's normally like $120 or so, but totally worth it, I have one for work and one for home, one of which my wife bought me.
https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-3RA-00022-Surface-Ergonomic...
And this is the Logitech Ergo MX Trackball, it is the latest installment in a very small market, everyone who had a Trackball heard about it and we all talked about it, I ultimately bought two of them.
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ergo-Wireless-Trackball-Mous...
I use the heck out of my Trackball when gaming. I feel like aiming is easier in FPS games. My friend trusts me to shoot down helicopters or just snipe any NPC while playing Far Cry 5. I do wonder what I'd be like with a regular mouse as a comparison but I don't want to go back.
Very similar situation. It started a few years ago and I ignored it until it got really bad last year. I couldn't work more than a few hours a day and any gaming, forget that.
If I were to describe the pain it would be 100/100. Here's how I got it down to 5 and sometimes 0 on a good day.
1. I did 5 weeks of shock therapy on my wrists, I didn't notice much after the first two weeks, just some slight alleviation, maybe to about 85/100, the third week I noticed incredible differences, my hands felt like new.
2. I stopped using my wrist rest as I found it added to the pressure on my right wrist and the keyboard hand rest the same on my left and started a bit of more hover typing (no contact with my wrist or hands on the desk), takes some getting uses to but no press point really helps.
3. I invested in an ergonomic mouse, I used the logitech mx ergo [1] with the trackball, took about 2 weeks to get used to but once you do there's no going back (your hand doesn't move and sits in a comfortable spot). If i'm gaming or doing anything time critical I might switch back to a regular mouse but I make sure to move my arm and not my wrist, I also want to try a vertical mouse one day as well.
4. I got a massage gun [2] and heated glove that I use a few times a week as well as exercising my hands frequently, stretches and curls with light weights.
I'd say the biggest turning point was shock therapy however, when I did the actual reading on it and what my physical therapist explained to me, there is a median nerve that gets pinched [3] and that's the cause of the majority of the pain for most cases. Sometimes it originates from the shoulder and neck area but that's where the massage gun comes in handy in not letting my upper body muscles get too tight. Shockwave therapy is expensive and I will likely do it a few times a year just because but the massage gun with the jolting is a close alternative.
I really hope this post helps someone because the above did wonders for me and I preach it to everyone I can. It took only ~4 months to basically nullify years of pain and improve my QoL.
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ergo-Wireless-Trackball-Mous...
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbSU-X0V0f8
[3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE07pOjvYVQ