Any trade needs the proper tools and MT
Posted By: me on 2007-08-08
In Reply to: New student, are ergonomic supplies worth it? - Ash
is no different. I wouldn't recommend buying anything fancy to start with, just use what you have and adjust things as necessary - like put a pillow on your keyboard tray and then your keyboard on top of that. It works great for supporing your wrists, it cushions your fingers, puts less stress on your wrist. Pillow needs to be sort of flat and a standard sized bed pillow. You can put a pillow behind your back to make you sit straighter, which will relieve stress on your shoulders. You can put a wood box under your desk to put your foot pedal on to relieve strain on your leg. (I'm only 5', so even with my chair at its lowest position my leg is pushed hard enough into my chair that I will have the imprint of the fabric on my leg).
Absolutely ergonomics can make a big difference, but you can spend a bunch of money and not be happy with them, so you need to take the proper time to investigate them. Just starting out I'd wait until you were making some good lines before you spent the money though.
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