Any good WIRED Ergonomic mouse?

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Couple of days back, I started feeling some strain on the right palm nerves and suspected symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and tried to reduce some computer time. Given that one of my developer has left hand muscle tear operation, I wanted to be cautious. After doing some carpal tunnel exercises, DMSO in the sleep and putting wrist brace, I went to my chiropractor today. He did his usual body twisting's with crackling sounds. I like the results. He doesn't suspect any big issue with carpal tunnel, but suggested to change the mouse and use hand brace only during sleep.

One of my developer recommended this Logitech MX Master 3S and his friends used it and all their carpal tunnel issues gone away. I see this top recommendation from chiropractors and other reviewers etc. But that is wireless and most of the recommendations are wireless one's. I wanted wired one.

There are some wired Vertical ergonomic one's exist like this , but it looks it takes a week to adjust to vertical mouse. There are few other types exist, not sure how it works. Does any body has experience and recommendation?
 
I'm sorry, I don't have a recommendation, but another alternative is a stationary trackball.. i.e. a dedicated trackball, not one built into a mouse. You move only your fingers or thumb, rather than wrist. Have you looked into those? I've heard some people swear by them for general ergonomics/hand health.. Of course that would take some getting used to as well. I used one once many years ago, a really big one designed for elderly people, and loved it, always quite wanted to get one...

e.g. Amazon.com (Finger-operated style central trackball. Just the first search result..)
 
I think the last one you posted, the vertical one, is the best one I have heard people recommend, it's a more natural position for your arm and your wrist to be in, your hand naturally wants to be in that position.

I don't have experience with it personally but some close friends do and they really like it. Interestingly enough I was considering getting myself one of those.
 
I had problems with the pressure point below where the mouse hand rests (palm or 'heel' of the hand) since ever. Not sure how that relates to carpal tunnel syndrome but I guess it's related. The area would feel irritated and hot, especially in summer, and this could radiate into the hand an arm. This problem disappeared since using some gel pillow pad ('StarTech' mouse pad). You could try some foam, cloth or a small bag or balloon filled with sand or rice to see if this could help you.
 
Three of my collegaus from my office have vertical mouses and reported better ergonomics - no pain in the wrist. Adjusting phase is one week, as they reported. I have tried it but my hands get sweaty too much so I didn't get one. I personally have no problems with other regulars mouses (although they are all high end), no pain although I spend many hours daily at a PC. But all that sitting is not so kind on my back :-)
 
osher said:
I use mouse pad with wrist cushion and it is imporant to have chair with elbow rest on the same level or slightly below than the palm.
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This is what helped me the most. In my case, having the elbow at the same level as the wrist and a mousepad with cushion makes it so that my arm from elbow to mouse is roughly a straight line... IOW, no bent wrist. That solved my sore wrist issues. That may require adjusting your chair/desk heights, if possible. Same thing for typing.
 
Scottie said:
This is what helped me the most. In my case, having the elbow at the same level as the wrist and a mousepad with cushion makes it so that my arm from elbow to mouse is roughly a straight line... IOW, no bent wrist. That solved my sore wrist issues. That may require adjusting your chair/desk heights, if possible. Same thing for typing.
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Me too.

And this is the mouse I use. I'm on my third one at present.

 
osher said:
I use mouse pad with wrist cushion and it is imporant to have chair with elbow rest on the same level or slightly below than the palm.
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Scottie said:
This is what helped me the most. In my case, having the elbow at the same level as the wrist and a mousepad with cushion makes it so that my arm from elbow to mouse is roughly a straight line... IOW, no bent wrist. That solved my sore wrist issues. That may require adjusting your chair/desk heights, if possible. Same thing for typing.
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I agree with that. But having had that problem many years ago and at that time, the doctor was speaking about a possible operation, I found that amazing ergonomic mouse (very expensive) and I still use the same model 20 years later. It did solve my problem but you have to get used to it. You can combine it with another ergonomic or normal mouse in order to change it once in a while during the day if you have difficulty to get used to it. But once the adaptation is done, there is no way to come back to an ordinary mouse.

If you choose to go with that ergonomic mouse, try to find it locally because in my case it was a lot cheaper that amazon when I bought a new one 2 years go.
 
I've been given one of those mousepads with a gel cushion at work, and not only it didn't help, the cushion ruptured and it became disgusting. Whenever I need to work with the mouse for a long time, I use a regular mouse, and a regular mousepad, but use a folded towel to support the forearm above the desk so that the elbow is straight and only the fingers interact with the mouse buttons. It's the most comfortable solution I've found so far.
 
Thanks for asking because I've been thinking I need to find a solution too. I don't have pain, but I realized I've been instinctively holding my mouse in the most weird way possible for years... The picture where I lifted my hand is to show how tilted the mouse is. My hand's weight is all on its external side and I asked GPT the name of the bone:

What's the name of the bone in the hand, located on the side of the hand opposite to the thumb and near the wrist?

The bone you're referring to is the ulna. Specifically, the part of the ulna near the wrist on the side opposite the thumb is known as the ulnar styloid process. This bone, along with the radius, forms the forearm and connects to the wrist.

I have no clue if I'm causing damage in the long run, but it would seem not.
 

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Laura said:
And this is the mouse I use. I'm on my third one at present.
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I use the same mouse, it's good -- also on my third one. They do last many years.

A mouse pad with a wrist cusion also helps a lot. I use one along with a keyboard wrist rest cusion, and a chair with an arm rest a desk level.
 
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I use Vertical Mouse made by "Trust" (i had to buy it from them.... after all their company name did sound TRUSTworthy).
It got same design as ones in posts #1 and #13.

Right after buying it I fixed this mouse biggest issue which is decorative LED light. Duct tape was enough to seal it.
Recently it started to randomly shut off (and instantly reinitialize causing only 2-3 seconds lags). Not sure if its cable fault and its "natural" wear or or it got some hardware to annoy users into making them to buy next model.
 
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