Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚: I love the idea of that! At least it would keep my hand up in a different way.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Recs needed: I have ulnar nerve compression on my dominant side, and it's at a point where using my (fancy ergonomic) mouse causes irritation and numbness on the outside of my hand. I've tried using my non-dominant hand but I can't work that way. Does anyone with this kind of pain have recs?

My wrists are shot from turning wrenches, but I found that Kensington's giant trackball mice work *really* well

I might have to try one of those! I used to have one that you moved with your thumb but then the carpal acted up... 😂

Oh no, the ones you have to move with the thumb are ass (imo, of course). Kensington's are designed to use your fingers to move the ball.

I love the idea of that! At least it would keep my hand up in a different way.

I'll get you the link after church

Thank you so much!!

OK recommendation 1: lower profile, less awkward wrist angle, is comfortable to use with no wrist support or pad. This is my preference for my particular wrist issues, but YMMV, of course. store.kensington.com/collections/...

SlimBlade™ Pro Trackballstore.kensington.com Professional reviewers and ergonomists agree that finger-operated trackballs are superior to thumb-based trackballs when it comes to precision and hand comfort. At the same time, professional users pr...

Recommendation 2: Higher profile, comfortable with the included wrist support, has a physical scroll wheel. store.kensington.com/collections/...

Expert Mouse® Wireless Trackball with Bluetooth®store.kensington.com The Expert Mouse Wireless Trackball can be paired through Bluetooth. KensingtonWorks™ software offers customization, and optical tracking provides smooth cursor control.

This is so helpful, thank you! I'm going to check them both out and see what may make my wrist/hand feel coziest.

Good luck finding a comfy one!

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