Aircast A2 Wrist Support Brace without Thumb Spica

Definitely recommend this company! This Aircast wrist brace is made well and fits well, even with wide hands, and offers excellent support of the wrist while allowing me full finger and thumb movement. Fine tuning the fit: • Don’t trim the palm strap velcro, tuck it under the wrist strap so it doesn’t catch on everything. •Do trim the wrist velcro, again so it doesn’t catch on everything. • I recommend a stockinette base layer to absorb sweat and keep the brace clean. • I also recommend a cast cover to keep from catching the straps on various items. •The brace wipes clean easily but cast covers help there too. That recommendation said; I am also using Dr Brace overnight, post week 3 of healing, for a relaxed fit overnight with a microbead pillow for support while I sleep. I am also using the ACE wrist brace for more athletic activities such as handling the dog. It is more restrictive and makes the ulna ache under the strap buckle and restricts my thumb and makes it ache badly. However the ACE wrist brace provides fantastic protection against further breaks from direct hits on the arm (when I dropped a cast iron pole on it) and through gardening efforts and being bounced by the manic enthusiasm of a large young dog. I will definitely use the ACE brace for more hazardous activities until the fracture is healed. These three braces together are making this time to heal much more comfortable than the last experience. I expect to use the Aircast brace post healing for the next year or so while dealing with the dog. Read more

Works great. The Dr office charged me $80 for this. When I needed a replacement (do not put in washing machine) I got it on Amazon for $20. Read more

I made some major changes. I need a splint full time for TFCC instability and DRUJ bone spur. Walgreens made a model with easy release clips but they discontinued them. I also have RA and cannot find any splints without tons of velcro, the use of which hurts my fingers when I have a flair. With the plan to make my own modifications to a splint now while the RA is well controlled, I ordered this one and 2 other brands. The other 2 let my hand move side to side but this one keeps it from moving to the pinky side at all. I left the velcro on the thumb strap for now so I can find the best position and tightness there. But I took off the 2 plastic rings and ridiculously strong velcro straps. I put the strap with the logo over the top fuzzy velcro strip to prevent it from collecting lint and stuff. Hobby lobby had the nylon webbing and middle-release clips that I added. The factory wide strip that wraps at the wrist put too much pressure on the ulnar styloid prominence (the bump that sticks up on the pinky side) but the 1 inch strip I used is perfect. The metal supports are a little too thick to bend and adjust easily by hand. It doesn't get hot and sweaty so far. I'm ordering another one to modify too so i can alternate and have one to wear while i wash and dry the other. Read more

My unfortunate fall required me to use this air cast. I used after the splint cast for a buckle fracture in my radius bone locatedin wrist. For six weeks the cast projected my wrist with comfortable support. Easy to place over injury and remove for showering when velcro straps are loosened. If the straps could be shortened with the same support it would avoid the extra hanging velcro getting caught up on other materials. Helpful worthy product. Read more

EDIT: While the rest of this splint was incredibly great, the metal splint on the palmar-side broke through the material in 2.5 weeks (17 days), which appears to be a problem other reviewers cite. In addition, this issue led to a lot of wrist pain for me because it was not staying in place, effectively undercutting the other awesome qualities of the brace that I mention in the review below. But it was great until that happened! (😭😭) I have a rare condition that means I've worn a LOT of braces by a ton of brands on most every part of my body at one time or another. I injured my right wrist years ago, which meant I wore a brace on it for years, before having surgery that fixed the problem. Now I'm having the same thing on my other side. I mention all this bc I want you to understand that I know what it is that I'm talking about when I tell you that this is my favorite wrist brace I've ever used. It's comfortable, stable, easy to put on and adjust with one hand, and is thankfully not reliant on anything stretchy like certain fabrics or basically anything elastic. See, when you wear a brace for awhile, anything elastic or with any measure of stretch eventually stretches/wears out. This means that the brace stops doing its job and becomes less and less effective at doing what it's supposed to do. I also would like to mention that thus far, it hasn't become totally swear-soaked when I wear it all day, nor has it been so waterproof or non-absorbent that it leads to discomfort or itchiness. I can take it off after wearing it for eight hours and not be uncomfortable putting it back on again, the way that I can be uncomfortable putting braces that are lined with fabrics like Terry cloth or cotton back on (because they end up cold, clammy, and still wet even hours later sometimes). Overall, I'm just very pleased with it, and it's holding up remarkably well!!! Read more

This was one of the poorest quality braces I've ever worn. There are thick seams on the inside where the base of the thumb is. I tried to pad it with memory foam but the irritation and pressure were horrible. It's as if they paid no attention to the harm this poorly placed huge seam would create. Also the metal stay is bent at such a severe angle and this also creates pain and pressure points. I do not recommend this Read more