Hi. Where can I get such an elbow brace? Would I need a prescription? Thanks. > From: Ann Redman <http://www.WORLDNET.ATT.NET/~aredman> > Date: Sat Mar 13, 11:02am > > Heather, > I actually have been wearing an elbow pad already for the last two months as well as a wrist > brace for the tendonitis that I have at the wrist. My OT gave me one designed exactly for that > purpose - keeping the elbow straight. > The first month, it would usually come off halfway through the night. But at that point, I > didn't think my elbow was the problem - after all, it was my wrist that was hurting. But last month > when I went and I was told and shown how the compression at the elbow was affecting my strength, etc, > I started being more serious about trying to wear it through the night. And as my wrist has started > healing and the pain level there has gone down, I'm noticing pain in my elbow. So I think it might > have been there all along, it just my wrist pain over shadowed it and I didn't notice it. > Thanks - Ann