Where Should Your Wrists Be When Typing?

Keep wrists neutral: When typing, your wrists should not be bent outward toward your pinky nor inward toward your thumb. Keep your wrists straight. 4 Don't rest your wrists: When typing, your hands should float above the keyboard, allowing your fingers to find the right keys by moving your whole arm.

How should wrists be positioned when typing?

Keep wrists straight and fingers curved over the keys, with thumbs hanging near the spacebar. Your wrists should be floating above and parallel to the keyboard. Avoid the temptation to settle your wrists onto the wrist pad; that's for breaks between typing, not when you're actually pounding the keys.

Should my wrist rest on the keyboard when typing?

Your hands should move freely and be elevated above the wrist/palm rest while typing. When resting, the pad should contact the heel or palm of your hand, not your wrist. If used, wrist/palm rests should be part of an ergonomically-coordinated computer workstation.