Re: conservative therapy

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Hi.

Where can I get such an elbow brace?  Would I need a prescription?

Thanks.

 > From: Ann Redman <http://www.WORLDNET.ATT.NET/~aredman>
 > Date: Sat  Mar 13, 11:02am
 >
 > Heather,
 >           I actually have been wearing an elbow pad already for the last two months as well as a wrist
 > brace for the tendonitis that I have at the wrist.  My OT gave me one designed exactly for that
 > purpose - keeping the elbow straight.
 >          The first month, it would usually come off halfway through the night.  But at that point, I
 > didn't think my elbow was the problem - after all, it was my wrist that was hurting.  But last month
 > when I went and I was told and shown how the compression at the elbow was affecting my strength, etc,
 > I started being more serious about trying to wear it through the night.  And as my wrist has started
 > healing and the pain level there has gone down, I'm noticing pain in my elbow.   So I think it might
 > have been there all along, it just my wrist pain over shadowed it and I didn't notice it.
 >       Thanks - Ann