They may also suggest using an icepack and keeping your arm elevated above your heart while resting to ease the discomfort. You may need a cast or splint to keep your arm from moving for a non ...

The fingers get flexed, the wrist gets flexed and the arm gets stuck to the side of the body. Narrator To block spasticity, occupational therapists use various techniques such as this air splint.

Early arm splints were usually made with wood and often led to the break healing incorrectly. Up to this point broken limbs had been roughly set using wooden splints. These splints didn’t always ...