Using Vim has helped my finger/wrist/arm/shoulder/neck pain and soreness, but you're on to something in that the real problem is probably more repetitive motions than any specific motions.
But Vim (and emacs) solves the repetitive motion problem by providing several means of readily repeating commands.
Most people seem to both type and use their mouse much more slowly than I do. And they also don't often have to (or want to), e.g. cleanup thousands of rows in an Excel worksheet, or have to repeat some kind of action in an app or web app dozens of times.
But I hate using my mouse generally. There are very few times where I want to use a mouse and having to use one, instead of being able to use the keyboard, is endlessly frustrating.
Thankfully, there are several great 'vi-style' browser extensions and there's even [Vimac](https://vimacapp.com/) for MacOS, tho I haven't tried the latter yet.
But Vim (and emacs) solves the repetitive motion problem by providing several means of readily repeating commands.
Most people seem to both type and use their mouse much more slowly than I do. And they also don't often have to (or want to), e.g. cleanup thousands of rows in an Excel worksheet, or have to repeat some kind of action in an app or web app dozens of times.
But I hate using my mouse generally. There are very few times where I want to use a mouse and having to use one, instead of being able to use the keyboard, is endlessly frustrating.
Thankfully, there are several great 'vi-style' browser extensions and there's even [Vimac](https://vimacapp.com/) for MacOS, tho I haven't tried the latter yet.