having serious wrist pain with my current mouse

I work with computer and so mouse is something I cannot leave behind. Recently I am experiencing wrist pain as I move the mouse. My wrist could not rest on the mouse and it slips with the mouse pad. I can't use this ordinary mouse anymore. I am asking for advice. I know there is something like trackball or 'vertical' mouse. I'd like to know which one is better or anything else? I don't want to experience wrist pain anymore, at least for a while.

Changing mice may have a minimal effect, but the only way I've found to cope with that issue is to alternate hands. You can easily train your brain to compensate for using the opposite hand on the mouse buttons.

I'd also say you should use the largest mouse you can find that is reasonably comfortable. A lot of mice are designed for laptops and are smaller than normal and tend to lead to cramping or aching more quickly than a full-sized mouse.

And I'd probably avoid a mouse that was tapered in the middle and instead go with one that was widest in the middle.

Just my observations over many years of having a mouse in my hands many hours per day.

I haven't used a trackball a lot, but they drove me crazy when I tried. Never tried a vertical mouse.

You have to experiment a bit. The Logitech M100 is a good basic optical wired mouse. Most comfortable cheap mouse I've found, fairly large, no taper in the middle. I make it a point to switch hands regularly and take my hands off the thing entirely whenever possible.

You might talk to a doc about those wrist support gloves I see cashiers wearing. They cover the wrist and palm, leaving the fingers exposed. You can buy them in a drug store. I talked to a cashier who said it really helped her.

I had been suffering from RSI (repetitive strain injury) for a couple of years. Both my wrists, my arms and elbows hurt. I couldn’t even lift a cup without pain. Not to mention computer related work, that was nearly impossible.

July 2006
At the end of a three-month internship I felt a slight pain in my right wrist for the first time. In the following days I continued to work normally, hoping that after the next weekend everything would be okay again - but it was not. Even switching the mouse to my left hand did not help significantly. The pain had intensified within a week and now both wrists were already equally affected. On the weekend both forearms …

I have published my whole story on my website History - Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). You’ll also find comprehensive information on what helped me in the end to overcome this pain (22,000+ words, so arrange enough time ). So if you are a fellow sufferer, I hope this can be of help.

I haven't heard of the "Das 4 Professional keyboard" yet, I'll check it out.

I usually have two mice connected at the same time. Primarily I use the E-Quill AirO2bic with my left hand. It looks&feels like cheap chinese plastic, but it works since 2008. I have fairly small hands for a man and it fits my left hand.

The Anker Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse fits my right hand. And it's a bargain, currently $14 at Amazon.