Last week we picked up Grace's new hand braces. Since Grace likes keeps her hand in a fist with her thumb tucked in, it's making it hard for her to learn to use her left hand. Her occupational therapist recommended we get two braces. The one in the picture above is her Benik brace. It has extra support on her wrist to give her a little help when we are working with her on putting weight on her arms. Her other brace is called a "joe cool" brace and just wraps around her thumb and upper palm. It's less restrictive and allows her to use her fingers more. She's suppose to wear it at night to keep her from tucking her thumb in.
She absolutely hates putting them on, but once they are on she'll wear them for a while. My clever little monkey has figured out how to get both of them off, so she wears them for periods of time throughout the day.
Hopefully with this extra help she'll be using her left side just as well as she does her right!
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