Realforce trial update

Well it's been two days, and I'm doing a little bit better. I can now seem to type on the Realforce for a significantly longer time without having pains in my hands and wrists.

The main trick seems to be in the positioning of my floating hands over the keyboard. After using the MS natural for so long, it felt natural to position my hands such that the bottom of my palms were right above the wrist rest. When I do this I tend to strike a key with the flat part of my finger tip, and perform a "pulling" sort of action. Doing this however on the Realforce led to almost instant pain.. definitely shooting pains within 5 minutes.

Instead, now I move my hands forward a bit (so that the base of the palm is much more forward, and I type with the tips of my fingers. This simple change allows me to type for much longer. It's such a small change that it's mysterious that it would have such a noticeable effect.

That being said, I still don't feel at home. Part of the problem is that with my wrists floating in the air, my hands don't feel "rooted", and so I end up moving my hands to hit certain keys and that causes all the other keys to be in different relative positions. With the MS natural, I keep my hands down on the wrist rest, so every key is always typed the same way.

Plus it's tiring to hold your hands up. Do people really keep their hands in the air when they type? It's still hard for me the believe.