I had symptoms similar to those last year; the most specific symptom I had was numbness and occasionally tingling/pain in the back of my hand. I:
1. Got a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and used that instead of my laptop's keyboard.
2. Got a mouse (Microsoft something, I think?) and used that left-handed instead of my laptop's touchpad.
3. Wore wrist splints.
4. Refused to lift anything heavier than my (5 lbs) laptop.
After about 3 months my wrists were back to normal.
I'm not sure which of the above helped, and I don't want to re-injure myself in order to be able to conduct properly scientific trials; but I suspect that the largest factor was keeping my wrists straight (not bending my hand up or down OR left-to-right) with the wrist braces mostly serving just to get in my way and prevent me from unconsciously lifting anything heavy.
Hope this helps -- sorry I can't be more specific.
1. Got a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and used that instead of my laptop's keyboard.
2. Got a mouse (Microsoft something, I think?) and used that left-handed instead of my laptop's touchpad.
3. Wore wrist splints.
4. Refused to lift anything heavier than my (5 lbs) laptop.
After about 3 months my wrists were back to normal.
I'm not sure which of the above helped, and I don't want to re-injure myself in order to be able to conduct properly scientific trials; but I suspect that the largest factor was keeping my wrists straight (not bending my hand up or down OR left-to-right) with the wrist braces mostly serving just to get in my way and prevent me from unconsciously lifting anything heavy.
Hope this helps -- sorry I can't be more specific.