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this encourages bad posture and incorrect typing form.
excalibruh
117
Jul 18, 2018
CalaverasgrandeHow so? I was looking for a good quality leather/foam wrist rest but I'm curious about this one
River117
156
Jul 18, 2018
CalaverasgrandeMore info please. When i searched wrist rests i got mixed / wishy-washy information
crazedoom
26
Jul 18, 2018
CalaverasgrandeWrist wrests are intended for just that, resting your wrists. The general complaint is that you shouldn't have your wrists on the wrist rest while typing. Your hands should be hovering slightly above boards so that they are parallel to the desk, rather than at an angle. But it should be fine to let your wrists down on the wrist rest when you are not actively typing.
PirateIce
232
Jul 18, 2018
crazedoomso in other words it pushes my hand into a better position than if it were resting on the table, good to know.
PirateIce
232
Jul 18, 2018
River117lol you want more info, calaverasgrande trolls in every comment.
River117
156
Jul 18, 2018
PirateIcelol thats good to know. I was hoping someone could point me to some articles that claim to be definitive and have some credibility to them.
My takeaway was that resting your actual wrist on a wrist-rest is bad because it compresses your wrist, and that you should be resting your palms instead. If your wrists already float naturally then a wrist rest would make things worse.
But all of the sources I found seemed to be part of the "idiot-internet" when you're searching for information in a domain you don't know, using the laymens terminology. All i could find were a bunch of blog-style articles that dont make any claims at all but instead regurgitate the question over 3 pages.
PirateIce
232
Jul 19, 2018
River117the main thing I realized is that I definitely dont hover when gaming typically, at least games with heavy WASD usage like fps, I literally get marks on my arm so it would seem pretty conclusive a cushy wrist wrest is pushing my hand closer to proper posture by both making it easier to rest on my palms and making my hands more horizontal..
River117
156
Jul 19, 2018
PirateIceThat makes sense, but where are the marks on your arm?
I found that I rest my forearm (close to the elbow) at the edge of a desk, and make a very shallow (almost parallel) angle so that my wrist and fingers are floating above the keyboard.
If the marks on your arm are pretty close to the elbow, i think you're good.
PirateIce
232
Jul 19, 2018
River117so you have your keyboard at least a foot or more from the edge right? mine is pretty close so I meant more like marks on my wrists almost, now with a "wrist rest" right under my keyboard I can at least use my palms for a close to horizontal position when gaming, with my keyboard only a couple inches from the edge of the table.
River117
156
Jul 19, 2018
PirateIceah yeah. That sounds pretty bad for the wrist. You're right my keyboard is pretty far from the edge of my desk. Don't melt out there homie
PopPopPop
18
Jul 19, 2018
CalaverasgrandeIf you use it as palm rest not a wrist rest, it does actually help your typing form. Maybe one day they will name these accessories properly. Rest your palms not your wrists
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