1.   And there are several ergonomic keyboards on the market that may help reduce the risk of stress injuries to your hands and arms.

2.   Do you think an ergonomic keyboard might help my situation?

3.   Ergonomic keyboards are becoming more common, too, to relieve wrist and hand stress.

4.   In the ergonomic keyboard niche, Microsoft holds an estimated two-thirds of the market.

5.   Many of the newer ergonomic keyboard designs are quite large or are mounted on platforms, which may make them awkwardly high.

6.   Now there are so-called ergonomic desks -- designed to fit the way your body works -- and literally dozens of ergonomic keyboards that have been designed to eliminate strain.

7.   One of the latest entries into the ergonomic keyboard market is Cazenovia, N.Y.-based Marquardt, which makes a keyboard called MiniErgo.

8.   So much so that for Microsoft, the big computer software company, a surprise hit has been a hardware product -- an ergonomic keyboard -- introduced last September.

9.   Some computer users are familiar with ergonomic keyboards that split the typing keys into two sections that can be angled away from each other.

10.   The shallow V-shaped angle on some ergonomic keyboards is intended to help users avoid twisting their wrists to the side.