Saturday Night Palsy - occurs from falling asleep with your arm hanging over the armrest of a chair When thinking about an injury, a break or jammed thumb due to a direct impact might be the first things to come to mind. But there are also a number of repetitive strain injuries that can be quite painful and disruptive of daily activities.

Kids are constantly moving around, whether that be in sports, at school, around the yard, or even in the house. This makes children more vulnerable to injuries due to their bones are still growing and changing. Immobilization and stabilization are needed following a sprain or fracture of one’s finger or thumb to protect against further injury and ensure that healing occurs.Following surgery, a post-operative thumb splint or cast will be needed to support the thumb for a period, along with physical therapy to regain the thumb’s full range of motion.

If the break to the thumb bone occurs in the middle part of the shaft with little bone displacement, treatment for broken thumb may simply entail wearing a spica cast for a number of weeks, like the Corflex Thumb Fracture Splint. Unfortunately, most of these thumb injuries increase one’s risk of arthritis in the joints of the thumb down the road. Not to mention, simply the wear and tear the thumb sustains over the course of a lifetime can lead to arthritis. Thankfully, there are a number of arthritis thumb treatment options that can lessen the discomfort and inconvenience of the condition. We at BraceAbility have the perfect sports wrist supports available for your athletic needs. The ideal athletic wrist brace for golfers, tennis players, or for any kind of sports enthusiast. In fact, it is also an excellent baseball wrist support, an ideal tennis wrist brace, and the perfect volleyball wrist brace. Our neoprene wrist wraps can bring comfort to your tired hands and fingers within minutes of putting it on, and not only helps energize individuals who need extra wrist support but also significantly enhances comfort and mobility while you play your chosen sport. The knitted joint support stabilizes the wrist through controlled compression, and the velcro strap may be applied when additional support or stabilization is needed, especially while engaging in sports activities. And because it promotes proprioception, this athletic wrist support thus heightens sensory awareness in the wrist for increased joint stabilization. Pediatric Size Orthopedic Braces for Children

The thumb CMC splint supports the thumb, giving inflammation a chance to subside. The sizing of the thumb brace for arthritis is also highly adjustable at both the wrist and the thumb. This thumb stabilizer can also help after one has suffered a break to the thumb or an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) lesion (AKA, skiers’ thumb). Skier’s Thumb Splint Growth plate fracture: Also called a physeal fracture. The break occurs at or across the growth plate. Usually, these fractures affect the growth plate near the wrist on the radius.

Therefore, the wrist is stabilized to keep the hand in a functional position while the fingers freely move with assistance from the splint. This allows the patient to use their affected limb for functional activities such as grasping an object. Questions to answer before splinting If one has the bad fortune of breaking one’s thumb, he or she might consider BraceAbility’s universal broken thumb spica splint. The dual strap brace for the thumb provides maximum support, plus it helps it contour to one’s hand. The left or right thumb spica splint comes with dorsal and palmar stays for added support. The thumb sprain splint can also help with other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis or de Quervain tendonitis treatment.

Radial Nerve Flossing 

Physical Therapy: Your physician or physical therapist may prescribe radial nerve exercises to strengthen your muscles and increase your range of motion. Another relatively common injury is a sprained thumb. This might occur when falling onto an extended hand or when the thumb is jammed by a ball, for example; there are a number of ways the thumb can be forcefully bent into an extreme position. The Bort StellaFix De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Brace for Thumb Joint is a good brace for immobilizing the thumb and providing support to the base of the thumb. Or for a bit more support for both the hand and the wrist, the Corflex Abducted Thumb/Wrist Splint is worth a try. Tendonitis is another possible soft tissue injury to the wrist or the thumb that is typically caused by overuse of the affected tendon. Treatment usually involves resting said tendon, which is where a wrist immobilizer like this thumb and wrist tendonitis splint can help. The Bort StellaTex Wrist and Thumb Spica is a good choice for swollen thumb joint treatment as it is designed to treat a wide variety of thumb injuries to both the joints and ligaments. It is also important to engage in finger movements as soon as the swelling and pain subside to ward off stiffness.

Thumb joint pain treatment will depend upon the severity of the injury. For mild to moderate cases where no fractures are involved, this typically includes applying ice and elevating the thumb as soon as possible after the injury. Taping or splinting the injured thumb can also be helpful in reducing the inflammation and pain. Treatment for radial nerve palsy depends on the severity of the injury. In some cases, splinting or wearing a carpal tunnel wrist brace may be sufficient to help stabilize the affected area and relieve carpal tunnel pain. Physical therapy may also be recommended to help strengthen muscles, improve range of motion, and alleviate wrist pain or limp wrist. The main cause of wrist drop is overuse of the wrist and hands. This condition is commonly seen in athletes who play sports like tennis or badminton. It can also be seen in people who consistently lift heavy weights. Exercises for Treating Wrist Drop While the finger lifts are genius, your fingers hang on the cords in a way that eventually cause your fingers to fall asleepPlace the splint material on the dorsal wrist and forearm with the wrist in 20 degrees of extension. Supportive wrist and finger extension: The sewn-in plastic stay is covered in soft, padded foam for ultimate user comfort during extended wear. It holds your limp wrist up in extension (dorsiflexion), allowing the radial nerve to heal in a shortened position Radial neuropathy or radial nerve palsy is a condition that affects the movement and sensation in your arm and hand, as well as the extension of your elbow, wrist, and fingers. Our hard thumb splint is the simplest of the trigger thumb splints we offer, but note that we do carry many finger braces that can help with this condition. This thumb splint wraps around the wrist and supports the thumb through its tip. The thumb splint for trigger thumb is well ventilated and it can be customized to one’s hand using a hairdryer and scissors. It can also help with de Quervain’s tendonitis or various forms of arthritis of the thumb. Finger Splints for Arthritis Soft and comfortable support: Other dynamic splinting options for MCP arthroplasty or a radial nerve injury are restricting and uncomfortable to wear; this radial nerve splint is designed to be non-intimidating, soft, comfortable, and easy to use