What Are the Best Wrist Braces for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

18. Feb, 2010 0 Comments

What causes Carpal Tunnel syndrome?
The syndrome is caused by a compressed nerve in the wrist. The nerve that can become compressed is called the median nerve.

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This nerve travels through the carpal tunnel of your wrist and serves the first three fingers of your hand and the thumb.

Sometimes tendons at the base of your hand will become irritated and swollen. When this happens, pressure is applied to the median nerve in your arm. There are several reasons why you may develop this condition.

The carpal tunnel in your hand may be too small. This can put pressure on the median nerve and cause you pain. The condition may develop from repetitive hand or wrist movements. If you have sprained or broken your wrist, these injuries could also cause the syndrome. Arthritis, pregnancy, and menopause can also cause the syndrome.

What are the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel syndrome?
It mainly affects the index and middle fingers. Here you may feel dryness, numbness, pins and needles. And in more severe cases, weakness of muscles in your thumb and fingers. You may also find it hard to grip things.

Sometimes you will have a sharp pain that will shoot through your wrist and arm. Itching and burning in your hand and fingers may also be signs that you have the condition. Symptoms will vary and the severity of the condition will depend on how squashed the median nerve becomes.

Can anything help with the pain?
Carpal Tunnel wrist braces can help when you have pain from this syndrome. Wrist braces help to keep your wrist stable. They do this through controlled compression.

This means that the wrist braces protect and apply pressure to your wrist to keep it from moving. They do this by preventing shock and vibration. Wrist braces let you freely move your fingers and thumbs. And are adjustable, comfortable, and easy to use. When there is less pressure on the wrist, it can help relieve the symptoms.

Carpal tunnel wrist braces on the market include: the Hely & Weber Gel Wrist Wrap, the Bioskin Cock-Up Brace DP2T, and the Bauerfeind ManuTrain Brace. Of these 3 braces, the Bauerfeind probably offers the most support.

It has been called the only active wrist stabilizing support on the market. It is the most expensive brace of the 3 as it costs $104.95. The other two braces offer good support for the pain and cost $39.95 (Hely and Weber) and $35.95 (Bioskin).

These prices have been referenced from Braceshop.com.

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