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Original Griff wrote: It can be a symptom from having too low a chair, putting your wrist at the wrong angle and helping promote RSI. A new chair (and possibly a wrist rest) may actually help.
That is good advice about angle. I've dealt with wrist pain for the past 15 years and any additional advice I'd have, which helps me, is use a gel filled mouse pad.
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At some places I've worked, with "modular furniture", I was able to lower the work surface a couple of inches, and that helped.
Removing the arms from my chair has helped as well.
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To avoid that pain I use the chair in that manner that my ellbows are horizitally when typing. And I make reagular breaks to move and stand and make regular exercises as training in sports.
But the most important is not to sit too in front of the computer. And gaming counts also. 
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Greetings from Germany
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That one is the best from HM...
Used by Sheldon Cooper... 
I would have bought this one, but it was too expensive for me... Probably the next one I'll get will be that one though...
By now I hope the Sayl from HM will be enough for me and of course is a lot better of where I was sitting before...
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Quote: I hope the Sayl from HM will be enough for me and of course is a lot better of where I was sitting before
Is it comfortable? Do you like it beyond the "lot better"?
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When I sat there I was very happy, now, with my back destroyed I can't appreciate it...
I'll answer in some days... 
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Sometimes, a chair with a hole in the seat can take care of specific pains.
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In case of wrist-pain you may want a wrist-support for your keyboard. Sitting on a chair that was left by a house-mate years ago. Works as advertised.
As for the brand-names, I do not care one ounce. There's a lot of cheap chairs that offer similar or more.
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Before looking into a chair, I'd look at the keyboard. If you already have an ergonomic keyboard, then by all means, look at the chair next.
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Mouse of keyboard caused?
You can do a lot with shortcuts and not use the mouse so much.
Sometimes I switch to my left hand with the mouse to give the right a break.
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When I left hand mouse it feels like someone else is writing the code.
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Would it make more sense to get an accurate diagnosis (wrist pain) before recommending treatment (new chair). It sounds like the only tool HR has in their toolbox is a new chair.
Would anybody troubleshoot code that way? First find out what the problem is, then start modifying the appropriate parameters.
As a chiropractor I certainly love me some good chair talk but we need to make sure we are addressing the right issue. Could be neck, shoulder,elbow or wrist issue. May be related to work or some other activity (workouts,hobbies, etc).
Troubleshooting FTW!
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I use my own home built desk mattress kind of wierd sounding but. Willing to make you one and send it to you. feel free to email me at rod at bergren dot net.
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Quote: feel free to email me at rod at bergren dot net
Actually, the chair probably did what was needed, but I augmented it with exercises and have no problem. What I had requested was an ergonomic keyboard (already using a nice wrist rest), but the old chair had a broken back and was not able to be locked into an upright position. I went into the Herman Miller site and picked out the back support features I thought I needed and had the chair two days later.
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Wristbrace. ElasticBand. A side table so you can rest your whole arm level with your wrist ... (carpal tunnel syndrome).
(Check the level of your chair left-to-right).
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Jim_Snyder wrote: I was having wrist pain
Singular?
Do you use a mouse/pad with that hand? Then switch hands. Takes time to learn but doable and much better than repetitive motion syndrome. Once the pain goes away completely switch back and switch back when pain starts again.
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Jim_Snyder wrote: Herman Miller Aero.
You mean Aeron.
That's what I have at work. We did get a heavy discount since we write software for Herman Miller!
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Quote: You mean Aeron.
Too lazy to get up and look at the label!
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Fireox 57.0.
Seems really fast!
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Abhinav S wrote: Seems really fast!
Until it doesn't. 
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Jeremy Falcon
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How often does it crash? Can it handle HTML5? I stopped using the 'old' Firefox due to the things it couldn't do, not it's speed record.
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Jim_Snyder wrote: due to the things it couldn't do
I could write a very fast browser that didn't do anything.
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I can't remember the last time I saw a proper Firefox crash. I had a few issues with graphics drivers when they first turned on e10s, but the latest nVidia drivers seems to have fixed that.
Yes, it handles HTML5. FF57 has turned on the date and time input types, which were previously hidden behind a flag.
Firefox Quantum 57 for developers - Mozilla | MDN[^]
What were the things it couldn't do?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
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I use a variety of browsers. It's rare that any of them crashes. I certainly don't get the "it crashes all the time" that some users often report about every browser.
But I agree speed is just one feature.
Kevin
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