Products to Help You Live Your Life

The following is a list of therapeutic products that will help assist you in your day to day activities, improve mobility and reduce the incidents of chronic pain.

Please note: the following are examples of what you could use to help manage your pain and increase mobility. However, these suggestions do not supersede instructions you may have received from your physician.

Knee: Most knee braces come with three types of function; a brace which may be nothing more than neoprene that keeps the knee rigid during exercise, a heavy-brace which may keep the knee mobile while providing mechanical support, and a knee splint or air-cast which may keep the knee immobile.

Elbow: Most elbow braces are broken into two categories; a brace which can be nothing more than a neoprene sleeve over the elbow to help give it extra support during exercises or work and a cast or sling to keep the elbow immobile while engaging in your day to day activities.

Ankle: Ankle braces are usually created with the intent of keeping the ankle supported or immobile. Most ankle braces are either a neoprene sleeve for mobility with support while exercising or going about your day, or it can keep your ankle immobile by utilizing an air cast or hard cast. There are products that provide flexibility of the ankle for mobility yet provide rigid support on either side of the ankle.

Shoulder: Shoulder braces are for the most are meant to keep the entire limb immobile and come in a number of splints, braces and sometimes casts. Because of the grievous nature of most shoulder injuries, a sling or air-cast is used in even the most normal injury circumstances.

Toes: For the most part, toe injuries require the foot being immobilized and the limb to be kept off of. So when this happens walking splints may be used to keep you off your foot, even a scooter may be used to keep you off your foot but still retain some mobility.

Hands: Hand injuries – including injuries to the wrist and fingers – may require the entire hand to be put into a cast, even a soft cast. Many wrist injuries, such as carpel tunnel, may require a combination of splint and brace.