Ask HN: Do you get pain in your finger tips from typing all day?

Re:Ask HN: Do you get pain in your finger tips from typing a... by GuiA on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @07:48PM (#5568110)

How old are you? Do you heavily use your fingers in some other activity (guitar, rock climbing, etc.)?

More importantly, go see a doctor.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get pain in your finger tips from typing a... by chez17 on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @07:49PM (#5568116)

30. I've played countless hours of guitar through my twenties but have stopped this last year due to pains in my fingers.

I am seeing a doctor, but I doubt he can give me as good a keyboard recommendation as the people here.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get pain in your finger tips from typing a... by GuiA on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @08:59PM (#5568357)

Fair enough.

It seems that in your case though, you may want to stop using your keyboard for a while as you explore options with your doctor rather than just try to mitigate the pain– there are quite a few carpal tunnel horror stories out there, and it's infinitely better to stop using a computer for a month rather than become unable to use a keyboard for life.

As far as keyboard recommendations, my PhD advisor had wrist problems and used something that looked very much like this: http://www.mac-pro.com/Adesso-Tru-Form-Pro-Contoured-Ergonom...

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