Dad has a arm splint he needs to wear through out the day. What it does is holds his fingers out and his wrist up so that his fist doesn't become clenched. The PT informed us if it ever becomes clenched, Dad, will never be able to straighten it out again. Before we were informed this little tid bit we were pretty laxed about having him wear it. We would try to get him to wear it for a half an hour at least 4 times a day. The PT said he had to start wearing it 1 hour on 1 hour off throught he entire day. Well this thing hurts. I have seen Dad cry about it a couple times because he was in so much pain. So Mom decided to work him up to it. Every couple days she would add about 5 min more. We are happy to say that yesterday we made it to an hour. So now he has it 1 hour on 1 hour off. He even leaves the parts that cover just his fingers on longer then the hour. We think it is more comfortable for him. We are just so happy to see this progress.
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