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Yes, any prolonged strenuous activity on the hands can cause carpal tunnel, such as typing.
Lap top mounts are designed to help position your wrist correctly when typing. many suffer form carpal tunnel syndrome because of poor typing positioning.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a repetitive stress kind of injury, so anyone who makes the same kind of motion a lot would be vulnerable. Typing on keyboards is a typical cause.
Repetitive Strain Injury or R.S.I. as it is often abbreviated
The best angle would be when your wrist and your forearm is in line.
it is a condition called carpal tunnel syndrome. it is caused by compression of median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel (at the wrist region), while you are working on computer (e.g typing), resulting in numbness of first three and the half fingers.
The benefits of carpal tunnel exercises are good if you sit for long period of time typing at the computer. They will help prevent carpal tunnel disease. You can find information about carpal tunnel exercises in books location at Amazon.
repetitive strain injury ________ Actually, I think Carpal Tunnel syndrome would be a more appropriate answer.
repetitive strain injury ________ Actually, I think Carpal Tunnel syndrome would be a more appropriate answer.
You may need to get a wrist brace. There are also may many resting pads to relieve the pressure on your hands when typing and other laptop functions.
A laptop tray helps to place your hands at the correct levels to ergonomically provide comfort. In this way your muscles are not being strained the same as with normal typing.
Could be a pinched nerve from your sitting/typing position, either carpal tunnel syndrome or simply bad arm position when sitting at the computer, driving a car, or performing work.