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Well it's a good idea until you begin to experience pain.

Anytime you are holding on to any mouse like in this picture, you are wrapping your tendons up like a rubber band. I have two cool exercises that will really give you an idea of how much damage you can do while mousing with a standard non-ergonomic mouse:
1. shake both of your arms out and come to a relaxed position. Now slowly move your hand up in the same relaxed position. As you will notice your hand is more in a handshake position. that's how you should mouse. Drop your hands back to your sides and now put them in the position you would mouse in this picture. Take ten steps with your hands in that position (OUCH). On a side note. Look at your shoulders when you twist your hand in the standard mousing position. The rubber-band tendons push your shoulder forward. BAD NEWS!

The second is a quick one we do all the time to demonstrate the potential injury caused by improper keyboarding and mousing: Grab a pencil or pen in your hand. Put your elbow to your side and slowly move the pen from a vertical to horizontal position (OUCH).

Well that's you typing and mousing with all these cool keyboards and mice. here are a few mice we highly recommend:
http://ergoprise.com/top-picks/evoluent-vertical-mouse-4-right-hand-wired
http://ergoprise.com/top-picks/handshoe-mouse-wired
http://ergoprise.com/office-ergonomics/ergonomic-mice/goldtouch-mouse

This is an incredibly important ruling by the NJ Court system against AT&T. It's so important that you can't continue to remain sedentary in your life style. You must stand at least a few hours while working.
If you work from home stand up while working, take numerous quick brakes and stretch and walk.
Please read this article:
NJ: Court Affirms Death Benefits Award for Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Unusual Level of Inactivity
In Renner v. AT&T, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1668 (lexis.com users) (free version) (June 27, 2011), a New Jersey intermediate appellate court addressed a number of important issues that arise from today's prevalent use of home-based workers. The underlying facts and court decision serve as a cautionary tale for both employers and home-based employees alike.
Renner had been a salaried manager for AT&T for some 25 years at the time of her death. Although she had a "nine-to-five" job, she often worked at home all hours of the day and night to meet various AT&T deadlines. For example, on the evening before her death, Renner emailed a coworker at 12:26 a.m. When her son awakened at 7:00 a.m., Renner was at her desk in her home office. At 9:00 a.m., she called a coworker to say she was not feeling well, but would soon complete the project. She finished it at home, sent an email to a coworker at 10:30 a.m., and an hour later called 9-1-1 because she couldn't breathe. She was pronounced dead when she arrived at the hospital, having succumbed to a pulmonary embolism.
A workers' compensation judge awarded death benefits to Renner's surviving spouse in the face of New Jersey's enhanced causation standard governing cardiovascular injury or death [N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2]. That standard, like similar provisions in other state Acts, generally requires the claimant to show that such an injury or death was produced by work effort or strain involving an event or happening "in excess of the wear and tear of the claimant's daily living."
The appellate court agreed with the compensation judge; Renner's work inactivity was greater than her non-work inactivity and her work inactivity caused her embolism in a material way. The court noted the conflict in medical evidence—the husband's medical expert concluded that Renner's effort of sitting at her home office desk for long periods of time contributed to a material degree in causing her death while the employer's expert opined that her embolism was more likely caused by a combination of Renner's risk factors (obesity, lack of exercise, use of birth control pills)—and observed further that the employee led a sedentary life in and out of work. Still, credible evidence supported the judge's finding that Renner’s work inactivity was greater than her non-work-inactivity.
The preceding story was originally posted on the Worker’s Compensation Law Blog at www.Lexisnexis.com
This is a very cool sit stand desk. It’s pretty much one size fits all. The base telescopes in and out from 41” to 76” wide. This is ideal if you ever decide or move into a new environment that’s either larger or smaller. You won’t have to buy a new base. This desk also has a 24 to 50” height range.
http://ergoprise.com/top-picks/tru-height-adjustable-rectangular-desk-with-rectangle-table-top-one-size-fits-all-47-to-78-wide-desktop/
PDF File of the TRU Inverness Desk: http://www.tru-office.com/DOWNLOADS/tru-inverness-sitstand-workstation.pdf