After a few different jobs involving the production of beverages I got a job in IT. At that time, early '80s, operating a mainframe computer was from a terminal hardwired into the system and was all keyboard commands and the odd IBM PC around the data centre had a mouse. Gradually terminals were moved to PCs to enable us to opereate several mainframes from a single terminal and those PCs had a mouse. So for about 30 years of my work life I was using a mouse for a large proportion of the day.
As things changed the companies I worked for all complied with health and safety regulations to ensure our work stations were comfortable and set up correctly to prevent all the usual aches and pains and longer term issues from having desk jobs. Position of seats, height of desks, the desk space and organisation were all monitored to help prevent health issues. ai don't have any complaints about that at all.
Later, I became involved in electronic printing and the design of forms - the sort of stuff bank statements and bills use. The majority of my time was spent using a keyboard and mouse.
After leaving IT I was then doing car photography for a few years. Basically taking about 10 photos of each vehicle from different angles against a plain background outside in natural light. Whilst most of the effort was getting the picture correct in camera because of different light and locations there was still some editing to be done. Main changes were cropping and resizing the images and a few other things that could be done as a batch in Lightroom. After that I had to check each image to make sure it was Ok and maybe tweaking the crop, light balance and so on. Would sometimes do about 200 cars in a day so about 2,000 images to be edited and then uploaded. Nearly all editing was using the mouse.
Add into that playing BF.
Though the health and safety protocols covered most things they didn't really cover the actual mouse that we had to use. In most cases it was mouse that came with the PC (no USB mouse in those days). These were very basic devices and a lot of time was spent cleaning the physical mouse ball. When you have large hands using a small mouse all days was uncomfortable.
So, lets zoom to the current date after that brief bit of history. For the last 18 months or so my right hand thumb and first two fingers - those you use on a mouse have been showing signs of damage. Basically loose all feeling in them when doing things. Holding paintbrush, airbrush, tweezers, a knife and other tools is almost impossible at times. When driving, holding the steering wheel isn't painful but after a longish drive it does get numb. Holding a coffee cup gets interesting when you cannot feel anything.
I think this has been due to using a mouse for many years that hasn't been comfortable (one size fits all) and wasn't suitable for my hands. At home I have tended to have a big mouse and even now when playing it is comfortable and I don't get the numbness and pins and needles feeling - not saying that many thousands of hours of playing hasn't contributed to this as a lot of BF mouse use is repetative.
So my advice is to make sure that the mouse you use with any computer is comfortable and is a suitable size for your hand. This isn't life changing but it is uncomfortable and does affect a lot of things that I do. Definately think about your mouse to avoid issues in the future.
As things changed the companies I worked for all complied with health and safety regulations to ensure our work stations were comfortable and set up correctly to prevent all the usual aches and pains and longer term issues from having desk jobs. Position of seats, height of desks, the desk space and organisation were all monitored to help prevent health issues. ai don't have any complaints about that at all.
Later, I became involved in electronic printing and the design of forms - the sort of stuff bank statements and bills use. The majority of my time was spent using a keyboard and mouse.
After leaving IT I was then doing car photography for a few years. Basically taking about 10 photos of each vehicle from different angles against a plain background outside in natural light. Whilst most of the effort was getting the picture correct in camera because of different light and locations there was still some editing to be done. Main changes were cropping and resizing the images and a few other things that could be done as a batch in Lightroom. After that I had to check each image to make sure it was Ok and maybe tweaking the crop, light balance and so on. Would sometimes do about 200 cars in a day so about 2,000 images to be edited and then uploaded. Nearly all editing was using the mouse.
Add into that playing BF.
Though the health and safety protocols covered most things they didn't really cover the actual mouse that we had to use. In most cases it was mouse that came with the PC (no USB mouse in those days). These were very basic devices and a lot of time was spent cleaning the physical mouse ball. When you have large hands using a small mouse all days was uncomfortable.
So, lets zoom to the current date after that brief bit of history. For the last 18 months or so my right hand thumb and first two fingers - those you use on a mouse have been showing signs of damage. Basically loose all feeling in them when doing things. Holding paintbrush, airbrush, tweezers, a knife and other tools is almost impossible at times. When driving, holding the steering wheel isn't painful but after a longish drive it does get numb. Holding a coffee cup gets interesting when you cannot feel anything.
I think this has been due to using a mouse for many years that hasn't been comfortable (one size fits all) and wasn't suitable for my hands. At home I have tended to have a big mouse and even now when playing it is comfortable and I don't get the numbness and pins and needles feeling - not saying that many thousands of hours of playing hasn't contributed to this as a lot of BF mouse use is repetative.
So my advice is to make sure that the mouse you use with any computer is comfortable and is a suitable size for your hand. This isn't life changing but it is uncomfortable and does affect a lot of things that I do. Definately think about your mouse to avoid issues in the future.