Friday, January 13, 2012

Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens

This gets a 5? Really?

I didn't believe RSI existed until I actually got it myself, with pain going from my hand, around my elbow up to my shoulder. Previously I had thought that RSI was no big deal and I thought it was psychosomatic.

I found out that RSI can be some serious friggin' pain. The hard way.

The culprit was the Logitech MX1000 that I bought. One of the early laser mice. It's a pile of shit shaped into a huge lump that makes you cock your wrist back if you let your wrist lay on the desk.

It didn't take long, actually, to get the RSI. A couple of weeks with that mouse and I was done for.

I solved the issue by going to a trackball and elevating my forearm to straighten out my wrist. With this, the pain went away - I was no longer bending my wrist back and I could keep my forearm in one place so as to keep the wrist at the same angle.

So you, OP, do not deserve the 5. You deserve a -1 because you are a dumbass troll.

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BMO

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/RmWHktIPKQc/doctor-warns-of-the-hidden-danger-of-touchscreens

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