Since this spring, I started to feel minor pain in my right hand wrist and shoulder. It may be a beginning stage symtoms of Capal Tunnel Syndrom. (http://arthritis.about.com/od/carpal/ss/carpalstepby.htm)
I know that I use too many softwares at work so I have to move the mouse a lot. To prevent the worse development of the pain, I decided to use Trackball mouse.
In fact there are lots of orgonomic mouse , but they are much expensive than regular mouse! But, Logitech’s Trackball is reasonable $30 (including shipping from online store)
This is the first time that I am using Trackball. So it feels kinda awkward yet.
But I really hope that this one helps me to relieve the pain.
I still somehow look for a better alternative since it feels strange for now.
Here is Amazon.com Link for Logitech Trackman Wheel Mouse and this is the cordless one
Has the mouse helped relieve the pain for you? I am also suffering from symptoms of carpal tunnel and am considering getting a trackball. Any insight would help 🙂
Hello Louise
I also had doubts and questions regarding trackball when I bought the trackball. I have written another blog entry after a month later.
http://www.neox.net/w/2007/10/28/after-a-month-of-using-track-ball/
To summarize, my pain at the wrist has gone but I still have pain in the shoulder. Maybe it’s caused by my bad sitting posture.
Any way, I am happy that the wrist pain is gone.
But even after many months of trackball usage, I find it hard to maneuver the mouse pointer sometimes. But it’s definitely worth every penny for me.
I hope you would enjoy the benefit as I do now.
Good Luck and get better soon.