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Switched from a trackpad to a vertical mouse and my wrist pain vanished
After 6 months of that dull ache, I grabbed a $30 vertical mouse from Best Buy. Pain gone in 2 days. Why do offices still stock those flat horrors?
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ray_burns3mo ago
Saw a physio video that said flat mice force your wrist to twist in an unnatural position, which slowly wears down the tendons. Vertical ones keep your hand in that neutral handshake position. Makes sense the pain would drop off fast once your wrist isn't fighting the desk all day.
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the_rose3mo ago
wait TWO DAYS?? that's insane. i had the exact same ache for months too and tried everything - ice packs, stretches, different hand positions. nothing helped until i got one of those weird looking vertical mice. i literally felt the difference in like 3 hours which is wild to think about. still can't believe offices are out here making people use those flat things that wreck your wrist.
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