I Keep Bumping my Mouse Into My Keyboard! What happened to my m&k motor skills?!

Ransome

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Ok, this is by far the weirdest thread I have ever made, and probably one of the oddest questions you are going to read, but I need your advice and help.

I don't know what's wrong with me.
I keep hitting my keyboard with my mouse, essentially my mouse hand (right) always leans left-ward and bumbs into my right side of the keyboard. I also sometimes cross the edge of my pad - not using 80% of its surface. Even though my mouse is just a few cm. from my keyboard - I actually feel as if it is miles away from my left hand.
Keeping my mouse in check, and away has suddenly became a taxing mental and physical effort. I feel like I slide and twitch my hands too far and then bump HARD on the side of the keyboard. A very uneasy feeling.

This interfere with my gaming and work. Happens on two different systems, two different desks and workplace/gaming stations.

I also feel like my ASDW left hand's postion is too far from my right hand's mouse. when I try to get them close, by tilting the keyboard a few degrees up or getting my mouse to the left - I bump again.

My wrists and finger joints on both hands get tired, quickly and even hurt.

I just don't get it, it is something that started a few months ago, maybe a year but defintelly gotten worse recently.
I can't work for a long time without taking breaks, and can't game with Mouse&keyboard as reliably as before - without getting tired or suffer serious pain. Or simply being frustrated with me bumping into my huge keyboard.
Happens on a smaller keyboard too, so I dunno anymore.

I got quite bad at 1st person mouse and keyboard shooters - and I tend to prefer Xbox360 controller or other gamepad like DS4 - because I am simply much better and more accurate with it!

I have been using controllers forever now. I play 95%+ of my games with a gamepad. I love it, I don't know if it made any difference because I still work for long hours on a PC, and shouldn't "forget" how to use M&K.

My keyboard is Logtich G510 LCD and my mouse is Logitech G700s.
On my secondary station (workstation): Crosair RGB k70 rgb and G500 mouse.
DPI is set to the high value of 3700. I have disabled Enhance Pointer Precision (mouse acceleration) don't know if that's the culprit here or not!
I use Steelseries amazing Qck Mousepads.
My palms are rather large with long large but thing fingers. I am quite tall with long arms (189 cm)
I am an athlete, play Ice Hockey and Roller Hockey, do power exercises and so forth.

I do suffer some from joint pains, at times, but that won't explain my bumping of the mouse into the keyboard.
 
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No, they'll give a damn if your fine motor skills or hand eye coordination is off.
It's possible one or two of your shoulders are destroyed or something, happened to both my friend's shoulders and he was also really into hockey.
You might (probably) need some ergonomic keyboards and mice, hence why a doctor and ergonomic specialist are required, because none of us are.

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Long story short:
1. I keep bumping my mouse (right hand) into my keyboard's right side (near numpads). Mouse tend to be a few cm. next to the keyboard.
2. Hands are too far apart - a strain, uncomfortable feeling. My mouse hand goes diagonally (2 oclock toward the mouse).
My arms rest in an awkward V position - when I bump my mouse its an inverted V... *sigh*
3. hard to move the mouse, aim correctly at times - in games and at work. Lack of control. bumping into keyboard or slipping from pad makes it worse.
4. fatigue, uneasiness and pain after long sessions on either or both hands/joints/wrists/fingers.



 

Ransome

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Thanks for replying..
That's what I am worried about, doctor may find some treatment for my joint-pains, but everything else? He/she wouldn't give a damn or take it seriously. Also I don't even think there's a competent doctor for these things altogether here..
 


No, they'll give a damn if your fine motor skills or hand eye coordination is off.
It's possible one or two of your shoulders are destroyed or something, happened to both my friend's shoulders and he was also really into hockey.
You might (probably) need some ergonomic keyboards and mice, hence why a doctor and ergonomic specialist are required, because none of us are.
 
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Sherylinrm1

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Not sure about yourself but for me my age changed from 25 to 55 and I found that things "worked" differently for me. And not just computer stuff ;)

Not sure if it helps but it might be one idea anyhow.

We all get older and things change.