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>>> Nobody gets tendinitis just from using a mouse.
>>
>> I have two weeks off work, 10 physiotherapy sessions and a visit from an
>> occupational therapist at home to redesign my work space that disagree
>> with you.
>
> OK. So maybe you had the desk at the wrong height or something? IDK.
> I've been using a mouse since I was 12, sometimes staying up to program
> until 2 in the morning, and it hasn't caused my any trouble.
It wasn't a problem for me either until I had to do it 40 hours straight...
>
> FWIW, I also play keyboard, where you have to constantly support the
> entire weight of your arm all the time. And I played violin for years...
>
That's probably it, your shoulder muscles are trained.
>> When you need to use the mouse with your right hand, you need to lift
>> your arm over the numeric keypad and off to the side to grab the mouse,
>> then move the arm back to the keyboard so that your can continue typing.
>> In most cases, this means lifting your entire arm from the shoulder on
>> down, whereas if you were using your mouse left-handed, you'd only need
>> to move your wrist, with your elbow still resting on the chair's arm
>> rest.
>
> I usually have an arm rest set up so I only have to lift my forearm, not
> my entire arm, but hey.
>
>> Repeated sporadic use of the mouse over the course of two long mights
>> and days of work did cause me to have tendinitis bad enough that I had
>> to be driven to the hospital since I could no longer lift my right arm
>> at the shoulder, and it would have been too dangerous to try to drive in
>> those conditions.
>
> Damn. And to think that I have to lift 14 stone of my dance partner...
>
> That said, my shoulder *does* hurt now! >_<
Not for 40 hrs straight...;)
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