Traditional keyboards are too wide in size. They feature a numeric keypad on the right hand side which forces you to position your computer mouse away from your body. This causes our arm to adopt a slightly abducted working posture, in order to use our computer mouse. Unfortunately our arms weren't designed to hold this posture for extended periods each day, and so with repetitive exposure and use in this awkward posture, the muscles in our shoulder become fatigued and inflamed.

The solution lays in re-positioning your computer mouse in a way that allows your shoulder to be more relaxed and closer to your body. To achieve this, you may need to change your keyboard to an ergonomic compact keyboard. These keyboards are specifically designed to allow your computer mouse to be positioned close to your body. We recommend the Compact Mini Ergonomic Keyboard or the Ease Compact Keyboard (if you really need your numeric keypad but still want a compact keyboard).

Another solution is to introduce an external arm support. This might come in the form of adding arm rests to your computer chair or an external ergonomic arm support device. Providing your arm with something to rest on, will help to reduce the activation of the muscles in your shoulder and arm. This in turn will help to reduce the pain in your shoulder. We recommend the Ergonomic Arm Stand.