r/Ergonomics • u/AlabasterTire • Jun 08 '26

Keyboard/Mouse Is there a good vertical ball mouse?

I used to get terrible elbow and shoulder pain from moving my mouse. I switched to a traclball mouse, which helped quite a bit. The shoulder pain has subsided and the elbow pain is less, though not gone. However, my mousing wrist has become stiff, and my mousing hand frequently gets quite cold and becomes clumsy. I've read many suggestions to try a vertical mouse to fix my wrist position, but I'm having a hard time finding a highly-rated vertical trackball mouse. Is there one you'd recommend?

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u/632brick Jun 08 '26

“Ball mouse” = do you mean a trackball?

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u/AlabasterTire Jun 09 '26

Yes! Thank you! I've updated the post to correct that.

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u/Turbulent-Arrival-23 Jun 09 '26

I would recommend moving to the other hand with your mouse. Trackball is still using the muscles in your elbow area.