There's plenty of good suggestions in here, so I'll just add a small pointer: SmartBoard keyboards from DataDesk Technologies. "Oh, go buy an ergonomic keyboard!" sounds like trivial advice. A few years ago, I had wrist pain--not as bad as yours, but plenty sufficient to scare me. I bought this keyboard, and it vanished. They are also durable: I've had one for 5-7 years, I use it 8-10 hours a day every day and it's just starting to lose some keycaps.
The only problem is that they are almost impossible to find.
I use the Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard and it made a world of difference. A simple wrist pad like the OP has is not equivalent to a good ergonomic keyboard.
I used to use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, but found it was bad for me it has a required lots of pressure to push the keys. I can"t use one of them for more than a few minutes now; I can type on a Kinesis keyboard for an entire day (with proper breaks, of course). While I think the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard gets the hand spacing right, I couldn't recommended it in place of something like the Kinesis.
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There's plenty of good suggestions in here, so I'll just add a small pointer: SmartBoard keyboards from DataDesk Technologies. "Oh, go buy an ergonomic keyboard!" sounds like trivial advice. A few years ago, I had wrist pain--not as bad as yours, but plenty sufficient to scare me. I bought this keyboard, and it vanished. They are also durable: I've had one for 5-7 years, I use it 8-10 hours a day every day and it's just starting to lose some keycaps.
The only problem is that they are almost impossible to find.
I use the Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard and it made a world of difference. A simple wrist pad like the OP has is not equivalent to a good ergonomic keyboard.
I used to use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, but found it was bad for me it has a required lots of pressure to push the keys. I can"t use one of them for more than a few minutes now; I can type on a Kinesis keyboard for an entire day (with proper breaks, of course). While I think the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard gets the hand spacing right, I couldn't recommended it in place of something like the Kinesis.