Posted by Lynne --Previous Message-- Link: Thumb stabilizer
on 12/28/2006, 11:12 am, in reply to "Re: wrist splints"
I use several off the shelf splints sold here in the US at places like CVS and RiteAid pharmacies. They're made by companies that sell athletic supports and braces for injuries. Futuro is one brand, Ace is another. I wear the thumb stabilizer splint because I have thumb joint problems but they also support my wrist and help with the tendonitis I have up my forearm, too. I had custom made splints made by a hand therapist but they were not comfortable so I didn't wear them much. The off the shelf splints may not be quite as good to the expert eye - don't come up high enough on the arm and aren't as rigid, but they're much more comfortable and do help a lot. They also let me continue to use my hands for a lot of tasks. I'm attachming a link to CVS.com with one of the splints I use.
: Do you know if the lumpy looking wrist
: is a common problem among
: hypermobiles or EDSers...and is it
: uncommon in general? I am still
: looking for things to tell the
: rheumatologist when I finally get to
: see him (late next year). If it is
: uncommon in general, it is something
: that I can point to as genetic in my
: case (most of the problems don't
: seem to show up in my family history
: as I know it). It seems like most
: of the problems that I have are not
: really unusual in general, but I
: wonder if they may be indicative of
: something when they all occur
: together.
:
: The only thing that I could find
: when searching the internet for
: "protruding ulna" was
: something called Madelung's
: deformity. But I cannot understand
: the medical language enough to
: figure out if that term is
: applicable.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Thank you for your help. I also
: have to same problem with my wrists,
: the protrusion. Advice from other
: EDSers always seems to work for me,
: and saves me alot of time, and
: money.
: Thanks again. I will give it a try.
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: -Previous Message--
: I don't have a "real"
: wrist
: splint, but am having a go at using
: my old rollerblade wrist guards. At
: this point, I am nor sure if they
: will be helpful. I am not quite
: sure of the brand, but I think that
: they say "WSD" on them as
: well as having a "u" with
: a circle around it to the left of
: the other letters. The brand was
: relevant because every other wrist
: guard that I tried was quite painful
: due to how far my wrist bones (ulnar
: bones?) protrude.
:
: I have seen a comment on the
: internet about reversing the hands
: (using the left guard on the right
: hand and vice versa) when using
: rollerblade guards for sprained
: wrists. I'll probably try that too,
: but I'm not sure if these types of
: guards will put support in the
: correct directions for day-to-day
: activities.
:
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: Does anyone use a wrist splint? If
: so, which brand do you find most
: helpful?
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