Avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Typing Properly | Pain Relief Chiropractic

Newton Andover NJ chiropractor Dr. William Holdsworth DC from Pain Relief Chiropractic LLC shows how to type properly on your keyboard to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome and pain, numbness, & tingling in your wrists. This will also help avoid tendinitis and tennis elbow.

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Andover Township NJ 07860
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[budivoogt]

Great tip to avoid resting your wrists and elbows and pulling your keyboard back to avoid wrist resting altogether.

[dileepvraj]

Removed my chair's arm rest's after watching this video, feeling much better thank you.

[nemessprme]

Wow this was a great video, thanks for the all info in this one. I have been dealing with the beginnings of forearm to wrist problems for the past 3-4 months as I am constantly on a keyboard. I am even at the point where I use a copper arm band for the compression of my arm so it does not hurt. I go to a chiro every 2 weeks and he works on my forearms to reduce some tension.

[teresafortnerballentine]

Great video! Short and to the point! I found out that I've been holding my wrists wrong while typing for about 30 years. Ugggh! I wonder why my typing instructor in high school never shared this bit of important information with the class? Could have saved me a ton of unnecessary pain. I've given you a thumbs up and subscribed. I also shared on Facebook. Hope to see more vidoes like this in the future. Thanks much!

[marekkucak]

Totally on point with that arm rests and shoulder compression. Thanks Doc!

[exi]

Thank you. This will definitely help me more. Now I know why my wrists are always sore.

[unownnnn]

Just taken the arm rests off my chair. They were always getting in the way!

[asakapple]

Thank you. I was just about to order 100 dollar keyboard because i thought using separate keyboard would help alleviate my wrist pain when I type (im college student using laptop a lot for class) After watching your vid i noticed that my desk is too high for ideal typing position so I’ll just put laptop on my thigh when I type for better position of arms. You saved my 100$

[diwakardayal]

thank you !!
I had little pain after using arm rest.

[nm]

Very helpful and informative. I have almost all of those bad habits so I will change them. Thank you!

[ifstatementifstatement]

There is not a single touchtypist on youtube that follows these rules. First of all, ALL of them leave their wrists resting flat on the desk when typing. I have tried typing lifting my wrists up like. It's exhausting.

[drvoodoo]

So glad I made the right decision with not installing the arm rests for my chair!

[flystar]

Thanks for sharing the suggestions, Doctor! I can confirm raising wrist too high when typing definitely causes health problems. I've used a thin Mac keyboard for years with very heavy usage without problems. Days ago I tried a mechanical keyboard which was four times higher than my Mac. Then I started getting pain around my wrist after two days of usage. Question: Besides the height of keyboards that determines how high you have to raise your hand, does the pressing force of keys also contribute to these health problems? In particular, the mainstream mechanical keyboards usually require 45cN or above of pressing force to register keys and 60cN or so for bottoming out (pressing keys to the bottom), and I suspect over time this causes fatigue and wearing out of muscles\tissues\nerves?

[MrDeeb]

Then you don't recommend at all Keyboard Wrist Rests?
They don't violate the same idea where my hands is straight along with the keyboard.
I know it's still making my wrist pivoting but i'm just moving my fingers and whenever I need to go further on keyboard (e.g. numpad) I slide my whole wrist on the wrist rest along with the keyboard.

[axeltrujillo]

I'm trying putting the keyboard on the edge of the desk. Thanks! 😊

[AuraofMana]

Super helpful. When typing, forcing yourself to hover is okay because you are going to stop and rest your hands and arms anyway. But what about gaming? When you're playing on the PC, your left hand needs to be on the keyboard almost 100% of the time. It's a real pain to keep them hovered for so long.

[estherfaithtan]

Many thanks for the informative video! Is it a good idea to use a wrist rest or it isn't necessary? Or under what circumstance should we consider using one?

[isaacogunmuko]

What an ergonomic chair with adjustable Arm Wrest.

[tizmatz]

Do you have anything to add after 4 years from the initial upload? I'd like to know if there were changes! Thank you :)

[ilurvemv]

Hello doctor, I just found your video trying to find a video of typing ergonomically because I suspect I've developed carpal tunnel. Can you please answer the following? Thank you:

1) Do you have a video for typing on a laptop keyboard? Those can't be put on a tray.
2) I'm less than 5 feet tall. How should I position my body to type on a laptop keyboard? I'm having a bit of trouble following this video.

I'd appreciate any help you can give me - I have arthritis issues as well.