Occupational hazard - carpal tunnel

[Annamarie Pluhar <apluhar -at- mindspring -dot- com>]

Hi all,

Since I'm beginning to exhibit early symptoms of carpal tunnel, I 
thought I'd ask for personal experience with forestalling the 
syndrome.

I'm pretty sure the culprit is the mousing I do with my PC laptop. 
My Mac has a lowered keyboard and a wrist rest.  The PC has an MS 
ergonomic keyboard. It's the mouse that gave me my first sharp pains. 
I've changed the mouse to one with a lower profile and dropped it 
onto the lowered shelf where my Mac stuff is. I can use the track pad 
on the PC laptop and get more vigilant about learning and using 
keyboard commands. I now know that one should take a break every 20 
minutes or so. I've been shown some stretches to do. I plan to be a 
good girl and do my yoga daily.

Any additional suggestions?

Thanks for your help.
Annamarie
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Annamarie Pluhar

IDD Tech Solutions
Instructional design and development for technology.

(301) 588 - 4001
(301) 646 - 5002 (Mobile)
apluhar -at- iddtechsolutions -dot- com
Http://www.iddtechsolutions.com
Silver Spring, MD

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