SPLINT AND BRACES

• Splints are supportive devices that protect a broken bone or injury.
• The purposes of splints are to reduce pain and muscle spasm, promote healing, increase comfort and limit movement, and provide temporary immobilization of sprains, fractures, reduced dislocations, severe soft tissue injuries, and post-laceration repairs.
• Types of splints include Ankle Stirrup, Banjo Splint, Cock Up Splint, Dennis Brown Splint, Finger Splints, Nasal splint, Posterior Elbow Splint, Posterior Ankle Splint, Sugar tong, Thumb spica, and Wrist Splint.
• Bracing is mechanical support for weak muscle, joints and bones and rehabilitation as supporting body weight.
• Purposes of bracing include support, maintaining body alignment, controlling involuntary movement, immobilization, permitting to walk, and preventing and correcting deformity.
• Composition of bracing includes belt (cloth or leather), support metal, screws and pins.
• Types of bracing include Milwakee brace for mild scoliosis, Shantz Collar/Neck Brace for cervical affection, Jewette Brace for lower thoracic affection, Chair Back for lumbo sacral affection, Tailor Brace for upper thoracic affection, Forrester Brace for cervical-thoracic affection, Bilateral Leg Brace for polio, and Yamamoto Brace for severe scoliosis (T 9 Below).
• Care of bracing includes oiling all locks weekly and removing them immediately, removing leather parts and cleaning them with water and soap, and wearing a cotton shirt beneath a body brace.
• All straps should be securely fastened, missing parts should be reported immediately, and the skin should be inspected when the brace is removed.
• • To reduce pain and muscle spasm 
  • to promote healing. 
  • to increase comfort and limit movement.
  • temporary immobilization of sprains, fractures, reduced dislocations, severe soft tissue injuries, and post-laceration repairs.
• nkle Stirrup 

  • Used for the ankles injury

  to increase comfort and limit movement.
• • Indicated for arm with peripheral nerve injury
  • It provides anchor points for attachments to the fingers in the treatment of contractures and fractures of the fingers THIS IS ? BANJO SPLINT
• Cock Up Splint

  • wrist drop deformity
• Dennis Brown Splint

  • Treatment for Congenital club foot
• Finger Splints

  • Used for the fingers
  • are devices that immobilize and maintain stability of an injured finger
• Posterior Elbow Splint

  • used to stabilize the fractures or soft-tissue injuries of the elbow. 
  • Fractures or soft-tissue injuries of the proximal radius or ulna
• Long Leg Posterior Splint

  • It is used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone (Tibia and fibula)
• Posterior Ankle Splint

  • primarily used for the  High-grade ligamentous sprain of the ankle. 
  • Metatarsal or tarsal fracture. 

  Distal tibia or fibula fracture.
• Sugar tong

  • to stabilize injuries of the forearm and wrist by preventing forearm rotation and wrist motion.
• Thumb spica

  • used for various injuries 
  •  Scaphoid injuries, Lunate injuries. First metacarpal fractures. Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL)
• Wrist Splint

  • o people protect and support for painful, swollen or weak joints and their surrounding structures. 
  • for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Arthritis, Wrist Tendonitis, fractures, sprains and strains
• Night Splint

  • Post polio
• BRACES

  • Mechanical support for weak muscle, joints and bones and rehabilitation as supporting body weight
• COMPOSITION OF BRACES

  • Belt (cloth or leather)
  • Support metal
  • Screws and pins
• Milwakee brace

  • For mild scoliosis
• Shantz Collar/Neck Brace 

  • For cervical affection
• Jewette Brace

  • For lower thoracic affection
• Chair Back

  • For lumbo sacral affection
• Tailor Brace

  • Upper thoracic affection
• Forrester Brace

  • Cervical-thoracic affection
• Bilateral Leg Brace

  • Polio
• CARE OF BRACES

  • All locks should be oiled weekly and should remove immediately 
  • Lock should be removed from screws before they are oiled
  • Leather parts can be cleaned with water and soap
  • Wear cotton shirt beneath a body brace
• CARE OF BRACES

  • All straps should be securely fastened
  • Missing parts should be reported immediately
  • Inspect the skin when brace is removed