Sitting at a desk all day using your mouse doesn’t seem like it's hard work.  But if you’re like many with a desk job, you often come home with neck and shoulder pain.  That tired, achy, stressed-out feeling may not all be coming from the mental stress.  Just as with any other activity there are muscles, tendons, and ligaments involved with sitting in a non-neutral position as you use your mouse. Those most often affected are the shoulder and neck.  The main problems are misalignment, stretching, or holding your body in one set position, which stresses the affected body parts. Maintaining a stretch as you use your mouse is a common occurrence. Follow the three simple tips below and you’ll most likely begin to see a difference in your neck and shoulder pain. 

If the height of your desk doesn’t match the correct height at which you are sitting you could be raising your shoulders constantly as you work.  As desk that is too high will cause you to raise your shoulders to prop on the desk.  This results in strain and pain.  Also a desk that is too low can have you stretching and reaching and constantly looking down as you work.  Again, shoulder and neck pain are a result.