I discovered this video yesterday.

I haven't actively looked for typing resources in a while.  In terms of ergonomics there's such a glut of stuff to wade through on the web.  It feels as though it's harder than ever sorting the wheat from the chaff.

Last year in November I got De Quervain's tenosynovitis.  Tendonitis is pretty horrible, and I'm not entirely sure what the cause was.  I had been off the desktop computer, and using the laptop sporadically last year.  I bought a couple of new keyboards, so had probably been doing some aggressive speed tests.  I was also doing some awkward lifting, lots of manual work and cleaning.  So it's hard to finger what caused it.  The Doctor was like, you've been gardening haven't you? That's a given with me, it didn't feel like I had done anything particularly out the ordinary.  The acute phase did ease up, but ever since my hand/wrist hasn't been too happy.  Hence the occasional search online to see what I'm doing wrong or if there is a better approach to keyboarding that I could adopt.

I just glanced the mod-dh thread, and there is mention of Cevgar's fingering mod. (Dreymar: that puts your hands over RSTB/KNEI instead of ARST/NEIO), and this tutorial reminds me of that style.

When starting out with touch typing, with the home row, I found it rigid and inflexible to begin with.  In time I have managed to loosen my hands up and move them about a bit more, I mean I have been touch typing for a decade or more now.

I can't vouch for the video being right or wrong, but it seems to touch on some sensible suggestions.  The instructor leans into straight wrists and lots of hand movement rather than finger movement and wrist and awkward contortions.  I have seen other videos where people suggest bringing movement into your arms shoulders rather than fingers etc.

Some of this seems counterintuitive with Colemak and Dvorak as they like the efficiency of shorter travel and the home row and you can end up fixing the hands, I know with Dvorak it is very easy for me to rest my left hand, even if my right hand has more free movement playing the melody of the consonants. I'm not quite sure where I go wrong, but I end up with pain up in my right shoulder neck.  I flip flop styles, but it's something to do with pressing down on my right hand that really aggravates my shoulder.

Some days my laptop feels easy to use, but when I am fatigued even the scissor switches can feel resistant.  And a mechanical keyboard can feel a bit easier. Some days typing is easy, some days hard!  I am getting on a bit, so my joints are a bit rough around the edges.

I now have an array of mechanical keebs with different switch types (cherry browns, cherry red mx2as, cherry northern lights (lubed linear), kailh blues, low profile cherrys), and some standard sized boards and some compacts.   I still don't quite know which I prefer to type on, and which is easier.  I'm always in the pursuit of the holy grail of ergonomic comfort and keyboard nirvana, that I never quite find.  (I experienced lots of discomfort in the past and that is what initially drove me to adopting/trying an alternative layout in the first place.)  It's easy to get into bad habits or get stuck in a particular way of doing something.  I do remember it hard to find good advice when I started to learn how to touch type - specifics were glossed over.  I interpreted general advice as: get your hands on the home row, focus on accuracy etc, and things will improve in time.

As I type this my right shoulder is twinging somewhat, and my wrist is still a little aggravated.  I try a light touch, try not to bottom out,  I am just not sure where I am going wrong.

The well balanced pianist looks quite comfortable in her approach, I am a little envious of those that make typing look easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4C2FZnbKPc

I know I return here every once in a while, and blather the same old stuff.  So forgive me!