Wrist Braces

Many types of wrist braces are available that can be worn from the forearm to the hand. These are specifically designed to wrap around a particular portion of your arm. Normally, they are used to restrict movement of your wrist and protect it from injuries. Wrist braces also speed up the healing process of wrist or palm injuries.

Wrist Brace Uses

Wrist Braces are mostly used for wrist trauma, postoperative synovitis, immobilization of the joint, articulation inflammation, or for recurrent degenerative sprains. Use wrist splints to protect your wrists while performing wrist-related activities.

Wrist braces are also used in some sports where the wrist can be damaged such as badminton, tennis, paddle, and artistic gymnastics.

Types of Wrist Braces

Cock-up Wrist Braces

Cock-up wrist brace is normally prescribed for the tendinitis and the ligament issues in the wrist. It is also used to support your wrist after the surgery. These braces are used to keep your wrist in straight or backward bent position. This brace is built with a hole for the thumb and the rest fingers will be free.

Thumb Spica Brace

There are some common features between the Wrist cock-up splint and the Thumb spica brace. Both cover the thumb to prevent it from the further moving. Thumb spica brace is used to prevent the damaged parts from moving so that it can speed up the healing process and it protects the joints as well. You can also use it for a fracture on the scaphoid.

Carpal Tunnel Wrist Brace

Carpal tunnel wrist braces help a lot to treat carpal tunnel symptoms. These braces also prevent further wrist injuries. Carpal tunnel wrist braces are used to keep your wrist in a neutral position so that it can reduce the numbness, pain, and tingling that you experience as the result of the irritation of the median nerve when it passes through the carpal tunnel area. But while wearing it, make sure that it is neither too tight nor too long.

Ulnar Gutter Wrist Brace

The specialty of the Ulnar gutter wrist brace is that it covers the little finger side of your wrist. It is commonly used to heal the bone fractures in the palm, mostly for the fractures in the pinky and ring fingers. This wrist brace protects and covers the damaged area only. It does not cover the thumb, index, and middle fingers. They can move freely while wearing Ulnar gutter wrist brace. It is more beneficial for the dominant hand.