The splints that I, I wear, I've got a number of different types of splints for sort of different activities or different things, how I use them really as and when I have to use them. I don't like to use the, the things if I can. If I can get away with using a proper hand and you know to doing it myself then I'll do it.
But sometimes you need to just take that little bit of precaution and safety, on the joints and splints do give you that sort of stability there and I've, you know, again, depending on what I'm doing, I'll think about whether I think it's worthwhile wearing a splint just to you know, give me that added protection, rather do that than twist a joint or something like that and know that I'm gonna be suffering with that problem for you know a considerable amount of time. So they're very good. They're very approachable.
You say you got different ones for different things, what..?
Yeah, I've got a thumb splint. I had a lot of problems with the thumb and in the end they fused the joint together to give me a, a more stable sort of joint that I can actually now grip things better. I've got to, say a thumb splint that fits purely on that, that gives it a little bit of support, it's sometimes does tend to ache and things like that. I've got wrist splints.
Again when the wrist, the wrist does tend to ache at times and I've also got other ones that go further up the arm that give me a lot more support when I'm perhaps carry things and distributing the stress and strains elsewhere up your arms sort of things, so depending on what I'm doing, I've got something that I can wear that is comfortable and suitable perhaps for what I'm doing. So, yeah, you know, a man of many splints really. |
