Tools Speakerphone These are available from Pacific Bell's Disability office for free. Your physician will need to sign a form. Gloves Keep your hands warm, especially when driving. Foam tubing Use this to increase the diameter of whatever you hold. Put it around writing implements, cooking utensils, steering wheels, your toothbrush, or any other object that you hold.
Splints Wrist splints are good at first, as training tools.
They help you remember to pursue activities with your wrists straight so that you have better circulation in your hands. Muscles can atrophy and then you will need a strengthening program of exercises. Get to those tight muscles along the top of your spine and by lying down on the floor on top of the tennis ball or roller and gently massaging your upper back. This may hurt since there is tenderness and swelling, so it is crucial to keep breathing. Breathing deeply will help you release the muscle during a massage.