Typing Games can be healthy.

    The answer is obvious.

    Practice these dexterity exercises shown here
    and in the NimbleFingers programs.
    These activities will reduce stress and tension, as well
    as improve your coordination and dexterity.


Nimblefingers.com is a huge web site. Have fun, browse the web site, and try out the numerous exercises. The finger exercises will improve your dexterity. These typing games are really limb & body exercises that will help reduce stress and tensions.

Do you think you might have a touch of carpal tunnel syndrome? Symptoms usually start gradually. Often there is frequent burning, tingling, or itching numbness in the palm of the hand and fingers. This is frequently encountered in the thumb, index and middle fingers. Some sufferers say their fingers feel useless and swollen, even though little or no swelling is apparent.

Symptoms often first appear in one or both hands during the night, since many people sleep with flexed wrists. A person with carpal tunnel syndrome may wake up feeling the need to "shake out" the hand or wrist. As symptoms worsen, people might feel tingling during the day. See NIH study for more information. Also see Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in this web site, for more detailed information. Treatment includes rest, exercises, wrists splints, anti-inflammatory medications and adjustments to the work station.

A few ideas for preventing problems.

At the workplace, workers can do on-the-job conditioning, perform stretching exercises, take frequent rest breaks, wear splints to keep wrists straight, and use correct posture and wrist position. Wearing fingerless gloves can help keep hands warm and flexible.

Workstations, and tasks can be redesigned to enable the worker's wrist to maintain a natural position during work.

It is also suggested that jobs can be rotated among workers. The exercises in nimblefinger.com are general stress reduction exercises that are fun.

Typing Games - Typing Tips.

Two things are needed to develop keyboarding skills.   You should have a desire to learn and a patient instructor. You cannot learn to type by reading and then “banging away at the keys.” Assistance is needed for guidance while you learn. The Little Professor will recommend corrective lessons when necessary. He will also analyze your progress.

A private tutor is needed.   A private tutor is needed, but they are often expensive. The Little Professor is your assistant in the Nimble Fingers series of keyboarding programs. He will guide you in learning and point out when an exercise needs to be re-keyed.

Numerous exercises are needed.   Remember, practice is necessary to develop skills. The problem is that boredom can set in if you are constantly re-keying the same exercises. To prevent this from happening, there are hundreds of exercises built into the Nimblefingers programs, plus there are many more downloadable exercises.

Have it your way.   Downloadable exercises are useful in customizing the program to your particular application such as medical and legal terminology. There are numerous standardized terms from a variety of activities. For example, are you interested in: Art? Cooking? Military? Fish? Birds? Airplanes? Sports? Gardens? You name it and it is probably online available for FREE downloading so that Word Wacker users can customize their program.

Use the correct finger when striking a key.   When first learning to type, concentrate on striking the correct keys without looking at your fingers. Do not be too concerned with speed or accuracy. They will improve as your skills develop.

Errors will happen.   When an error is made, retype the key immediately! Don’t think about it, your brain knows it didn’t communicate correctly with your finger. Just retype the key and move on!