[Hitch]

Hi, guys:

As some of you know, I've been plagued with shoulder problems the last two years. It started out somewhat normally--a torn rotator cuff which turned into adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) in my right shoulder, but then as it passed off, after 15 months, in my right, it started up in my left. And, despite what I would have thought before this happened to me, and what you guys are thinking, yes, it actually happens--frozen shoulder appears in the other shoulder remarkably often, even without an injury to the second shoulder. So...here I am, and it's not getting better. Given that I'm at the desk 12+ hours/day, typing, typing, typing, it's obviously part of the issue.

I've gotten to a place now where I simply can't lift my left hand/arm to type further, period. It's excruciating. I'm fairly sure that the desk itself is causing part of the problem.

I have a very old traditional desk, no typing well for the keyboard. This means, as you guys know, that my hands are higher than they should be, which adds some strain to the shoulder girdle/delts. I need recommendations for a new desk. It needs to be large enough to support 4 large-ish monitors (on a 4-by/arm stand that clips to the desk), plus a mac-mini that lives in the corner for when needed (uploads to iBooks), a digitizing tablet, and two cats. (Two maine coons, in fact). My current desk is 31" deep by 5' long. Longer is better. Obviously, it needs a sturdy typing well, not one of those flimsy pull-outs you see in cheap-o office stores.

Any suggestions for models you have that have worked well? Anything I can have shipped would also be good.

Thanks in advance,
Hitch