Constant Wrist Pain…
After Years of using a mouse to edit with i started to get sharp pains in my wrist, elbow and hand. It got so bad after 10 minutes i would have to ice my wrist. I tried many things from wrist straps (which i still use to help extra blood flow) to vertical mice to standing desks, i know standing desk is overkill but it helps in other ways.
Wacom To The Rescue…
it wasn’t until i came across various articles on the benefits of using a wacom tablet for video editing. So i decided to give it a try and purchased a medium sized wacom tablet or graphics tablet. The results after 5 months of use were great i experienced a great deal of less pain and realized i could edit for much much longer before i would start to feel some relative light pain in my wrist. It took me a while to adjust to using a wacom tablet as it would do after a decade of using a mouse, but once i became familiar i noticed i was working a lot faster.
My Trustee Wacom Tablet :-)
Customizable Buttons…
I have Mapped the buttons on the left side of the wacom tablet to buttons i use all the time in Premiere Pro, After Effects and normal day to day use. I opted for the medium version just because the Large was too expensive and too big and the small was well too small for me i have a 3 screen setup so travel distance is too precise on the small version. i found the medium size tablet is the best one for me and my workflow.
My Wacom Tablet Interface
In Conclusion…
I can Honestly say as a fulltime Video Editor i will never go back to using a mouse the upside on using a Wacom or any Graphics tablet is too great, i highly recommend using a graphics tablet for your daily workflow or at least give it a try especially if you experience chronic wrist pain like i did.
Wacom Tablet i Use (Wacom Intuos Pro Medium) - https://amzn.to/2AREDO2