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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
No need to correct me, check and you will see that I said pretty much everyone uses mice without complaint. It is, in my view, poor practice to selectively edit words out of another's post in order to suit your own contrary purpose.
You are not the only one, my wife cannot use a mouse comfortably due to arthritis. You, she and others are outliers though, most people do not have such difficulty.
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Most people didn't have significant RSI in the 1980s either, and writer's cramp was first described in the 18th century. Go google housemaid's knee, potter's arm, chicken plucker's wrist, tennis elbow... it's not a late twentieth century phenomenon. It isn't at all surprising that fixed, non-ergonomic postures in pressured occupations can cause physical pain; nor that the incidence rose as workplaces became computerised.
However, your post seems to assume that it has all but disappeared. It hasn't, though diagnosis has become more precise in some instances, so categorisation may be shifting; and many workplaces have become much more aware of prevention and early intervention.
[The part in the quote box in my post was cut n paste from yours; please don't accuse me of editing quotes, which is a heinous forum crime.]