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I remember carpal tunnel syndrome being a big thing 25+ years ago, and I had friends with wrist braces.

You don't hear much about it now. Is it because treatment improved, or we use keyboards with much less travel, or there's better general awareness of ergonomics, or that there's more mouse/trackpad use mixed in with typing now? Or is it something else?

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I have had issues in the past. I was working for a while yesterday and began to feel the discomfort and tension start, so immediately put on the brace I keep handy :

https://www.muellersportsmed.com/b2c-us/en/Open-Catalogue/By...

Instant relief. It’s a Mueller HG80 wrist brace. I love the thing. Sometimes leave it on for longer than I need to, because the support feels really good. Quite slim and unobtrusive too.

I wear waist braces at night. Switching my keyboard layout to Colemak was the #1 improvement. #2 was ditching the apple mouse and apple track pad for a track ball mouse. The braces help with cubital tunnel syndrome.

It sucks. But my body could be broken in other ways. I'll take this inconvenience. Hopefully it doesn't get worse before I retire.

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