Ergo workstation question
Ergo workstation question
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Hello fellow designers,
my shoulder is aching, along with some other repetitive motion complaints. It's not too late for me to improve things. My thought's were an adjustable height mouse pad, and a trackball mouse.
Can anyone share their experiences with similar problems, and solutions?
Thanks
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com
my shoulder is aching, along with some other repetitive motion complaints. It's not too late for me to improve things. My thought's were an adjustable height mouse pad, and a trackball mouse.
Can anyone share their experiences with similar problems, and solutions?
Thanks
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com






RE: Ergo workstation question
Also something else that I have noticed, is many people sit way too low at their desks. Here's some pointers that work for me.
1) My thighs are parallel to the ground when my shins are perpendicular to the ground.
2) I sit all the way "into" my chair so my back is supported by the chair. Many times however, I catch myself sitting at the very edge of my chair... bad.
3) My monitor is positioned so I can hold my head straight, glancing slightly down (maybe 10 degs) with my eyes, and the screen is perpendicular to my field of vision.
4) My keyboard and arm rests on my chair are positioned so my elbows are supported and my forearms are parallel to the ground. This meant I had to raise my keyboard, and my 1st ed SolidWorks for AutoCAD Users was the perfect height.
"The attempt and not the deed confounds us."
RE: Ergo workstation question
Do not lean on your mousing elbow.
Take glucosatrin.
It might be your neck, not your shoulder.
It might be vision related. When was your last checkup? Measure the distance to your monitor and have the doctor evaluate you at that focal length. Get glasses for that distance.
Submit a letter to your boss and to HR documenting the problem.
See a chiropractor and make your medical cover it.
This can be a long term problem, be-aware.
Crashj 'who is right handed' Johnson
RE: Ergo workstation question
My employer got me one of those gel-pad-under-the-wrist-mousepad. It worked fine.
Soon after, I got the idea of pulling my desk back away from the wall, so that the back end of it hanges "off" my desk. Now I have a good 22 inches between me and my monitor - and that's with my six-pack abs gently touching the front edge of my desk. The benefit is that my entire forearm(s) are fully supported on the desk. Before, I had my wrist only supported at the edge of my desk. All that pressure on a relatively small surface was killing my circulation - I suppose. Also, my glasses were hopelessly out of style - eye-exam and new glasses.
I'd like to say that I sit perfectly ergonomically correct, but I constantly shift around. My feet range from the footstool I rigged under my desk to being tucked back under my chair - as they are now.
Re-claiming the realestate under the back end of my monitor was undoubtedly the best thing that I've done.
Other than that - I bought myself a bigger mouse - Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.
tatej@usfilter.com
RE: Ergo workstation question
RE: Ergo workstation question
I'm nottrying to be a smarty-pants.
Could you tell me what are the benefits - other than spreading the work-load to both hands?
Are there other reasons to get one that I haven't realized?
tatej@usfilter.com
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