Ergoblog

E-Quill Air-O2-Bic Mouse

Here's an ergonomic mouse that I came across while browsing at Amazon.  The E-Quill Air-O2-Bic reminds me of other vertical mice I've seen, like the Evoluent, but it's got a sort of wrist rest built in to cup your hand as it rests sideways.  That seems like it might make it easier to use.  Of course, I'm pretty much sold on my old iGesture touch pad, but it'd be interesting to try a vertical mouse and see if it helps fight RSIs.  As anyone used the E-Quill?  It's about $75 over at Amazon, which is fairly pricey for a mouse, but considering I spent well over a hundred for my iGesture, I guess it's comparable to other ergonomic accessories.  (Oh, the price we pay for our injuries.)

E-Quill Air-O2-Bic

Does Writing Hurt Your Hands too?

It figures that after posting about how my hands were doing pretty well, I'd start having some flare-ups. ;)  Interestingly, it seems to have been from writing rather than typing or mouse-clicking though.  For a couple weeks, I was doing a lot of writing on a project, and my hands began to ache a bit, especially around the knuckles of my right hand (which makes sense, since I write with that hand).  I've backed off and my hands have been feeling better again.  I will probably switch back to the computer and fire up the voice recognition program to finish the project. 

Has anybody else had RSI or Carpal Tunnel issues from writing?  (I'm sure the extensive hours of keyboarding produced my original issues, but I suppose now I'll have to be careful, because it seems that other tiny precise motions with the fingers/hands can aggravate things too).