More and more people are suffering from a problem called “mouse hand” when using a computer, because prolonged use of a mouse overtrains the wrist, resulting in stiffness, pain, numbness and weakness in the thumb muscles in the index and middle fingers. Some mouse pad merchants have specially designed a massage mouse pad (that is, a raised sponge pad more than a normal mouse pad), claiming that it can relieve hand fatigue and avoid “mouse hands”.
“I bought one when it looked like it was fun at first, and it felt pretty good after using it, except that I wasn’t used to it at first,” said Xiao Luo, who lives in Jiefang Road, Shizhong District. It is understood that Ronaldinho is a standard otaku. He likes to play games online at ordinary times. He spends more than 10 hours in front of the computer every day. The long time online makes his right hand often sore and numb. By chance, Ronaldinho saw information about selling massage mouse pads on the Internet, and bought one for use out of curiosity. According to him, apart from his initial curiosity, massage mouse pads still have some effect on relieving hand fatigue. “It may also be a psychological effect. I feel that since it is a mouse pad massage, it will have a certain effect on relieving hand fatigue.” Ronaldinho said with a smile.
So is there any effect on relieving hand fatigue by massaging the mouse pad? For this reason, the reporter consulted Director Gao of the Community Service Center of the Municipal Third Hospital. Director Gao told the reporter that if you want to find out whether the mouse pad is effective, you must first know “the mouse The cause of the hand”. “When the surfer is holding the mouse, due to the height between the desktop and the mouse, the wrist must be bent at a certain angle, and the wrist is in a tense state for a long time, compressing the nerves and blood vessels in the carpal tunnel, resulting in obstruction of blood flow, thereby Damage to the hand.” Director Gao said that the design of the sponge pad on the massage mouse pad can indeed relieve hand fatigue to a certain extent, but the effect is limited and cannot fundamentally relieve hand fatigue. If you use the mouse for a long time, it will still cause some damage to the hand. Therefore, Director Gao suggested that you should not blindly believe in the function of the massage mouse pad. The most important thing is to combine work and rest, and pay attention to rest.
