Reddit mentions of Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (L6V-00001)

>* Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 (English & French) ($29) | Amazon

• Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 ($22) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 ($24) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Universal Mobile Keyboard for iPad, iPhone, Android devices, and Windows tablets ($50) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard ($35) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse for PC, Microsoft Surface, and Windows Tablets ($40) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Bluetooth Mouse (H3S-00003) ($16) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Sculpt Touch Bluetooth Mouse for PC and Windows Tablets ($23) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 - Black ($12) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 Halo Limited Edition: The Master Chief ($15) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 (T3H-00011) ($19) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Wireless All-In-One Media Keyboard (N9Z-00001) ($18) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (L6V-00001) ($23) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 - Loch Ness Gray ($12) | Amazon
  
• Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows ($33) | Amazon
  
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so here are a few ergo mouse options. Along with that an mx red keyboard with orings will have about 2mm travel at about 55g of force to actuate. Couple these with proper wrist support and desk height, you should feel a lot better gaming and playing.

An ergo dox may even be better than a standard keyboard for you but a pricey endeavor.

Hope you get to share your passion with your daughter in the years to come!

>Dang it, guess there is no substitute for a "real" mouse

Sculpt Comfort

Sculpt Ergonomic

I love Microsoft ergonomic keyboard and mouse, works great with a hackintosh.

Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (L6V-00001) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D68ZVY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_4215Bb6VNSHND

hmmm

I just ordered it myself, should come in next week. They have a 'fatter' variant, too, if you want a bulky mouse. Not sure if that one is BT or if it uses a dongle though.

Check the video on the amazon page for either one to check out how rad that windows button is. The only reason I see to get the Arc is if you want the ultimate in portability.

Sculpt Mouse?

you're basically resting your hand on a ball

I'm 25 -- a programmer by day and a gamer by night. I developed really severe tendonitis 2 years ago. Imagine a line of fire from the top of your hands all to the way up your arms and over your shoulder...yeah, that was me. It started with pain on the top of my hands and crept up due to misunderstanding the causal mechanisms. Don't be me.

• Absolutely get an ergonomic gaming mouse. This is the one you want. I love it, it's my favorite mouse I've ever gamed with, and I've gone through quite a few, and the others weren't even ergonomic.
  
• For work, I like this mouse. It's not completely upright but it's in-between upright and horizontal. It also comes paired with a keyboard sometimes, which I also recommend.
  
• Start doing yoga. I know you're 18 and not feeling pain at the moment, and yoga is probably something you regard as kinda goofy and maybe a little feminine and overall not interesting to you, but trust me, it's the fucking bomb. I used to go to a chiropractor for my pain and one day we were talking and she mentioned that if everybody did yoga she wouldn't have a job...so I started doing yoga the next week and now I don't need a chiropractor anymore. Yep. It has the added bonus of making you feel amazing afterwards, too.
  
• Get your monitor up higher. If you have a 27", aim for your eyes at 1/3 of the way down from the top. With a 24" it's ok to be closer to the top of the monitor.
  
• You probably don't have money yet, but when you eventually do get money, invest in this. This is just the base -- you can buy your own tabletop and put it on top so it doesn't feel like you have a geeky sit/stand desk at home. While it's true you can get away with sitting in its entirety if you take long frequent breaks and reset your spine and hips, I found that just having the option to stand was a more efficient way to solve the problem, just in terms of time spent at computer. For work, you can swap it up on an as-needed basis. For gaming, you can do things like sit during your 45 minute LoL game (or whatever you play) and pop it up to standing between games or while in queue. This also encourages you to walk around your room, etc.
  
• So far I've mostly thrown solutions at you, and solutions are good, but what's even better is understanding the problem. Nobody has the same body as you, and nobody lives in it as much as you. Consult doctors/specialists to build your knowledge base, but understand they won't solve your problems for you. Think of the body as a physical system like any other and reason about it. Realize that everything is connected, and that when one part of the body hurts, it's probably because another part of the body isn't doing its job, or that you're setting that part of the body up to fail by not giving it everything it needs to succeed. One pretty common problem (and my problem) is that your shoulders and head will pull forward over time, and this causes curvature in the thoracic spine which compresses nerves that go down your arms, causing pain in the hands. That's just one example of how weird and interconnected this stuff is. I was stupid and didn't know this, so I kept trying to ice my hands or do other things to them, when the pain started appearing there. Don't be me, look at the big picture.
  
• Last thing. Stretches can be useful too, and these are the kinds of things you can actually start doing pre-injury. There are two stretches I find useful. First, this stuff from Day 9 is good for opening your forearms. This doesn't get at posture, but it's good for gaming. For posture, you want this. In particular the hands up the wall stretch where you contract and pull your elbows down to level is the money stretch, though the others are definitely useful, too.
  
  Feel free to DM me if you have questions. Love to help

Have you considered an ergonomic mouse?

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if your firm gives you a windows laptop with a crappy trackpad, buy an ergonomic wireless mouse like this one

Microsoft Sculpt worked for me after many years of suffering, couldn't get on with vertical mice (too slow), trackballs (got a sore thumb), touchpads (elbow area issues) and normal mice (finger wrist and elbow issues). Now I can usually do long session no problem and not much slowdown. They aren't the most reliable mice in the world, sometimes you have to unplug and plug in the receiver and a microswitch went on my first one but they were a godsend for my RSI