Using your computer mouse with the same hand all the time can aggravate your muscles. That can cause muscle pain, numbness, tingling or other symptoms in your hand and arm. What's the answer?
Switch!
There are two ways to do this.
1. If you have another mouse just plug it in and have one on each side.
2. Here's what I do. I just switch my
mouse pad and mouse to the other side of my keyboard.
I suspect that if I had two mouses (mice?) I would still favor the one on the right hand side.
Using the opposite hand allows the arm you usually use to rest. It also causes you to use your brain and body in a new way. Those are both good things.
Learning how to mouse with your opposite hand will seem a bit strange at first. After just a short time--a few days--your muscles and brain will adapt and it will become second nature.
If you use a trackball mouse, you may be able to position the mouse in the middle front of you (perhaps on your lap if that is a good height for you) and switch from one hand to the other.
If you use your mouse in different positions with the opposite hand you can lessen your carpal tunnel symptoms. If the mouse is the main cause of your carpal tunnel pain, this may get rid of it altogether.
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