How To Use Wrist Supports Video

Using a wrist support in rehabilitation will increase comfort and provide stability. Learn how to treat sports injuries in this video on health and rehab.

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Provide rigid support
Adjust to comfort
Easy to maintain

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Mike Vera is an athletic trainer the Roger Clemens Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The Clemens Institute is the largest, most comprehensive medically based sports program in the Southwest.

MIKE VERA: I'd like to talk for a few minutes on wrist injuries and wrist supports. With people being physically active, you are likely to injure your wrist. And there are several things you can do for it short of seeing the doctor, and the best one is a commercially available wrist brace. They come in several models, several types, but usually they all want to do the same thing. They want to provide a rigid formidable support under here. And you can see that they are adjustable to provide comfort for just about any sized wrist and hand. And the good one will really keep it from coming back and going down. That's what you are concerned about in a wrist support. Obviously, they are easy to maintain. You can wash them. You can take them off when you bathe and put them back on. My recommendation is wear them as they're comfortable and as you feel better. A couple of tips, make sure you don't feel a tingling in your fingers. If you are, then perhaps the Velcro are on too tight. But it is easy to maintain. They are relatively inexpensive and they offer great support.

How to Use Wrist Supports Video

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