Most people who spend a lot of time in front of a keyboard and mouse eventually experience some sort of wrist pain, though it's not limited to just computer people - sometimes, it'll show up from overuse injuries from golf, or tennis. While wrist pain is usually a twinge that goes away on its own, they can degenerate to acute pain or numbness that can interfere with your life.
Here is the part where you must consult your doctor for proper treatment of your wrist pain, which can range from the RICE protocol to surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. Did you know, however, that you can avoid the psychological and physical pain, not to mention the financial strain, which wrist pain can bring with a simple pillow for the wrist?
What It Is
Simply put, a wrist pillow is any soft, molded material that acts as pillow for your wrist to rest on while you are maneuvering your computer mouse. It can be bought in online sites and offline stores offering computer accessories, often at very low prices and as an attachment to the common mouse pad. Well, of course, you will often be made to choose between three boring colors - black, blue and gray - although you may have it personalized with your company logo.
If you're a bit short on cash, you can make a decent do-it-yourself alternative wrist pillow; even a rolled up towel will give you most of the benefits. The advantage of doing one for yourself is that it's customizable; you can make it to exactly the size you want or need, and in whatever colors you like. Plus, if you've got odd bits of yarn or fabric about, they can serve as the stuffing for the project.
What It Can Do for You
As inexpensive, easy to purchase/easy to make, and innocuous as a wrist support in the form of a small pillow is, you will enjoy many benefits from it. For one thing, your wrist will be protected from the repetitive stress injury brought by hours of pecking and clicking away on your computer. Since your wrist rests on soft gel, or other soft materials like cotton, it is angled in such a way as to minimize stress. In fact, a properly-made wrist pillow can relieve tension in this most important of body parts.
For another thing, its non-skid base can help in your computing. Just imagine how slower your work will be when you constantly seem to be playing a game of slip-and-slide with your mouse. And it may even help in improving your typing posture!
In addition to these immediate benefits, your wrist pillow will help ward off medical conditions. Carpal tunnel syndrome is becoming ever more prevalent, and more common in younger people, many of whom have been typing with poor form since grade school. Prevention is much less expensive and painful than physical therapy, and wrist pillows are a great (and affordable) method of preventing injury.
And did we mention the fact that treating these medical conditions involves a great deal of your time and money? Now, that is one good reason why you need a wrist pillow today.
Here is the part where you must consult your doctor for proper treatment of your wrist pain, which can range from the RICE protocol to surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. Did you know, however, that you can avoid the psychological and physical pain, not to mention the financial strain, which wrist pain can bring with a simple pillow for the wrist?
What It Is
Simply put, a wrist pillow is any soft, molded material that acts as pillow for your wrist to rest on while you are maneuvering your computer mouse. It can be bought in online sites and offline stores offering computer accessories, often at very low prices and as an attachment to the common mouse pad. Well, of course, you will often be made to choose between three boring colors - black, blue and gray - although you may have it personalized with your company logo.
If you're a bit short on cash, you can make a decent do-it-yourself alternative wrist pillow; even a rolled up towel will give you most of the benefits. The advantage of doing one for yourself is that it's customizable; you can make it to exactly the size you want or need, and in whatever colors you like. Plus, if you've got odd bits of yarn or fabric about, they can serve as the stuffing for the project.
What It Can Do for You
As inexpensive, easy to purchase/easy to make, and innocuous as a wrist support in the form of a small pillow is, you will enjoy many benefits from it. For one thing, your wrist will be protected from the repetitive stress injury brought by hours of pecking and clicking away on your computer. Since your wrist rests on soft gel, or other soft materials like cotton, it is angled in such a way as to minimize stress. In fact, a properly-made wrist pillow can relieve tension in this most important of body parts.
For another thing, its non-skid base can help in your computing. Just imagine how slower your work will be when you constantly seem to be playing a game of slip-and-slide with your mouse. And it may even help in improving your typing posture!
In addition to these immediate benefits, your wrist pillow will help ward off medical conditions. Carpal tunnel syndrome is becoming ever more prevalent, and more common in younger people, many of whom have been typing with poor form since grade school. Prevention is much less expensive and painful than physical therapy, and wrist pillows are a great (and affordable) method of preventing injury.
And did we mention the fact that treating these medical conditions involves a great deal of your time and money? Now, that is one good reason why you need a wrist pillow today.
About the Author:
Tom Nicholson spends his time caring for sufferers of carpal tunnel syndrome. You can follow this link to learn more about having asore wrist.
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