Heritage Medical Equipment, LLC

New Treatment for Carpal Tunnel

NIght splints are often prescribed as a treatment option for carpal tunnel.  These wrist braces are designed to position the wrist while sleeping.  Are your fingers numb when you wake up in the morning?  A carpal tunnel brace may help.

This low profile carpal tunnel brace is a new design.  It is open and airy - perfect for summer weather.  This brace will allow patients suffering from carpal tunnel to type, hold a cup of coffee, and work with limited interference.

Click here if you are a patient and you want to buy a carpal tunnel brace for yourself.

If you work at an orthopedic practice, O&P facility, or dme supplier please contact Heritage Medical Equipment for supplier pricing.  info@heritage-medical.com  (800)762-9605. 

 

Carpal Tunnel

What is carpal tunnel syndrome?  Can a carpal tunnel splint or capral tunnel brace help?

Carpal tunnel is also called Median Nerve Dysfunction or Median Nerve Entrapment.  It happens when pressure is applied to the median nerve.  The median nerve provides sensation and movement to the parts of the hand, wrist, and fingers.

Common symptons are:

• Weakness in the hands
• A weak grip
• Problems with finger coordination
• Wrist pain
• Numbness or tingling in the plam
• Numbness or tingling in the thumb and fingers closest to the thumb  

Though medications, surgeries, and injections can be used to treat carpal tunnel one of the best options is to wear a wrist splint or wrist brace while you sleep.  Medications and injections present with side effects, wrist braces do not.  

A wrist splint will position your wrist in a manner that will relieve pressure on the Median Nerve.  It may take several weeks to achieve complete pain relief but wrist braces are a safe, proven, and inexpensive solution.  Ask your dotor if a wrist splint is the right treatment option for you.

New Carpal Tunnel Brace - Coming Soon!

No fabric - excellent breathability!  The "freehand" wrist brace is designed by Dr. Roy Meals.  Dr. Meals is a hand surgeon at UCLA and has been practicing for 31 years.  This brace is universal in size and very low profile.  

The brace attaches to the forearm and has a silicone non-stretch tubing that anchors around the middle finger of the hand.  It can be used as a day or night splint and allows patients more mobility and function during activities of daily living - washing hands, typing, etc... 

The key to this carpal tunnel brace is that it holds the hand comfortable in a neutral position.