Wrist Widget Australia

Happy Hand Therapy Week!!🥳

Hand Therapists are experts in hand and upper limb rehab. 👏🏻
I’ve been fortunate to work in Hand Therapy for over 30 years and love the challenge of sports related injuries. We aim to get you treated and back to play swiftly 👊🏻

We’ve added BLUE WristWidgets to our Black Friday Sale 💙💙💙

Simply use the code FRIYAY for 20% off Black, Blue and Tan WristWidgets ⚫️🔵🟠☺️👊🏻

Hurry, offer ends midnight Monday 27 November 👏🏻🏃🏃🏼‍♀️

WristWidget Australia are having a Black Friday sale!

I wanted to give all my wonderful customers a break at this time of year so here’s a code for 20% off Black and Tan WristWidgets.

Code: FRIYAY

Hurry, offer ends midnight Monday 27 November 👏🏻🏃🏃🏼‍♀️

We don't do this often, and now seemed like a good time! We thought it's not too late for an EOFY sale of WristWidgets!

In this EOFY sale, we're offering 20% off all WristWidgets for orders of ten and more. Until 30 June only, you can stock up on all your favourites with our biggest discount ever. Just hurry; inventory won't last long, and once it's gone it's gone.

Use code WWEOFY on orders of bulk ten packs at checkout to take advantage of this incredible sale.

Cool tip on how to remember your exercises with the flex bar!! 🤔 Attach them to the bar and then you can’t forget what your hand therapist has recommended!! 👊🏻💪🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🤲🏻

We love a happy customer who loves her coloured WristWidgets 💙❤️ 🦸🏻‍♀️💪🏻

“I purchased the Wrist Widget as my research indicated it was designed specifically for my injury, a TFCC, triangular fibrocartilage complex injury. I originally had some comfort issues with the brace materials, contacted the customer service via email and received an immediate response, on a weekend in fact! It was by far the best customer support that I have so far received from any company. Not only was I sent out a replacement brace, I was given some moleskin and gauze with instructions on how to make the brace if needed. The replacement brace was perfect so I did not need the materials. I wore the brace for the recommended amount of time, tested my wrist stability using the test suggested by the company. My wrist healed perfectly. The design of the brace allowed me to continue with restricted movement, rehab my injury without losing any strength or dexterity and return to full activities within 4 weeks. I highly recommend this product.” -Michele Dunsford



Here at WristWidget Aus we are also proud of our customer service ‘even on a weekend’!

We are OPEN throughout the holiday period, because when you need a WristWidget to treat your wrist pain, you want to get it on your wrist asap! 👍🏻

We will also express post all orders in January 🏃🏼‍♀️👏🏻 pay for standard shipping and we’ll express your order 🤟🏻

Happy Holidays and Happy Healing 🤙🏻 from us at WristWidget Aus 👋🏻

Are you racing or limping towards the end of 2021? I’m feeling a bit of both. I’m very grateful for the opportunity to work throughout this year and provide care for my patients, mentorship to my hand therapy and physiotherapy colleagues and products for those suffering with wrist and hand pain! Whoah what a year…
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄Bring on 2022 👌🏻
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Thanks to our friends Hand Therapy Academy] for this excellent post on the weight bearing test for TFCC injuries and ulnar sided wrist pain 👏🏼✊🏻🙌🏻 Hand Therapy Academy]
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TFCC Testing 💪🖐
The wrist weight bearing test is a great way to test for a TFCC tear or injury by measuring how much weight you are able to tolerate through the wrist and hand.
Wrist Weight-Bearing Test: The individual is in a quadruped position while they place their palm on an analogue scale. The elbow is in full extension over the wrist with the long finger at 12 o’clock to prevent radial or ulnar rotation. They then push down on the scale until pain is felt at the ulnar side of wrist but not exceeding pain or until maximum amount of pressure is reached. The average of three trials are taken and testing is done to the affected and non-affected sides with and without non elastic tape/WristWidget.
Injured wrist test results with non elastic tape/WristWidget:
0-45 lbs or 0-20 kg = severe TFCC tear
45-65 lbs or 20-29 kg = moderate TFCC tear
65-100 lbs or 29-45 kg = mild TFCC tear
Information from Journal of Hand Therapy article Wrist weight-bearing tolerance in healthy adults and WristWidget.com

Hands up for WristWidgets 🙌🏻 supporting the Olympians! 🤸🏼‍♂️🏋🏼‍♂️
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Did you know there are only 6,228 certified hand therapists worldwide? It is not an easy thing to become certified, it takes long hours, hard work and dedication!!

WristWidget Australia is run by a CHTVanessa Zweck🙋🏼‍♀️

Thank you to all the certified hand therapists out there for doing what you do!

New WristWidget Australia website has been launched 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 and I’ll be adding to it to provide the best information regarding all things ulnar sided wrist pain and TFCC injuries in the coming weeks. 🤟🏻🤸🏼‍♀️👍🏻
Check it out and let me know what you think! www.WristWidget.com.au
🙋🏼‍♀️Vanessa

…Patients who have a TFCC tear often develop symptoms in their ECU. When the TFCC is treated, the ECU symptoms resolve. There are also many cases that have been diagnosed as a TFCC injury which are only an ECU issue.

The ECU subsheath is critical for extensor carpi ulnaris tendon stability and part of the triangular fibrocartilage complex which is why an MRI may show tendonitis, a tear, or TFCC tear and is often misdiagnosed.

When the TFCC is involved, the ECU takes a sharper turn because the DRUJ spreads in TFCC injuries. This causes a common secondary complication to the ECU. Normal range for ulnar deviation is 30-40 degrees.

How do I know the difference? Start with the weight bearing test! If your weight bearing tolerance is normal, then the TFCC is fine and you want to look at the ECU.

ECU ONLY
-No pain on weight-bearing
-Healthy and injured wrist test the same on the Weight Bearing Test
-Wrist aches after wearing the WristWidget®
-Clicking or popping and pain at ECU insertion
-The WristWidget® will NOT be helpful in recovery

TFCC ONLY
-Pain on Weight Bearing
-Injured wrist tests lower than healthy wrist on the Weight Bearing Test
-Injured wrist tests higher with WristWidget®/taping than without
-The WristWidget® will be helpful in recovery

TFCC-ECU COMBO INJURY:
-You know you have a TFCC tear when there is a loss of weight-bearing tolerance and an immediate increase with tape or the WristWidget®.
-You know that the ECU is involved if you have pain to touch at the insertion of the ECU at the back of the hand when the wrist deviates towards the ulna (ulnar deviation).

Wonderful to see WristWidgets providing wrist support for USA Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner 🙌🏻
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Use your weight bearing numbers to determine the severity of your TFCC tear and which activities are OK.

Protocol details www.WristWidget.com.au

Our WristWidget prices have dropped in an effort to support our loyal customers, including hand therapists, physio’s and chiro’s and all our patients with TFCC injuries and ulnar sided wrist pain. We know people are doing it tough and want to help in some way. 🙋🏼‍♀️
Price drop will stay for all of July and August
Take care everyone ♥️ Vanessa

WristWidget Australia has been owned and run by Certified Hand Therapist Vanessa Zweck since 2013. She also runs an online hand therapy practice and has now combined WristWidget Aus with her hand therapy. Nothing has changed other than the website. Same web address, same person, same fast and helpful service for our WristWidget customers 👋🏻👏🏽 ☺️

It’s as simple as that!
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TFCC tears can heal conservatively without surgery.

1. Perform the weight bearing test to confirm your injury is a TFCC tear https://youtu.be/SAgoTjhX2qQ

2. Based on your weight bearing tolerance follow the mild, moderate, or severe tear treatment protocol on WristWidget.com

and thanks for the mention 👋🏻
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Do you have wrist pain? Does your wrist give way or click in certain positions. Do you have pain weight bearing on your wrist at work, at the gym, or when you are on the floor playing with your children?

Wrists are complex and the cornerstone of the hand. If you do not have a stable, functional wrist then you do not have a fully functional hand.

This brace is called a wrist widget. It is a specific support for your wrist especially for weight-bearing and gripping.

If you have wrist pain. Consult your nearest certified hand therapist for an assessment of your wrist

.health.hand.therapy
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Wrist Widgets can be a great support when experiencing pain on the pinky side of your wrist. They are comfortable and easy to use! Be sure to come in and see one of our therapist if you think one of these could help you!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Thanks for the shout out from .health.hand.therapy 🙋🏼‍♀️

TFCC tears don’t cause loss of motion or swell. However, a fracture or other injury can accompany a TFCC tear if there is swelling.

If your wrist is fractured, it must be cast so the bones can heal properly first. The following treatment plan is for wrists WITHOUT a cast, or after the cast has been removed.

More great advice from 👍🏻

Full protocol
https://wristwidget.com.au/pages/tfcc-ulnar-sided-treatment-protocol

Congratulations to the authors of this excellent paper 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Check out this study done on the - article available for free for the next 24 hours with the link https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2021.03.006
Thanks for sharing this useful information 👍🏻

20kg is considered a “functional” wrist - yay! This means you should be able to function around the home, for the most part. Things like dishes, dressing, making a bed etc. should not hurt.

This does NOT include carrying children, animals, heavy bags of groceries etc. This is a light functional wrist.

Full protocol
https://wristwidget.com.au/pages/tfcc-ulnar-sided-treatment-protocol

‘Mild Injury’ means your wrist is stable and you can load it for athletic endeavors!

Don’t let this give you a false sense of security - you're not quite healed. Beginning to exercise too soon will set back your healing process!

Your goal is to take 2-4 weeks to focus on the imbalances that this injury caused and there are many, especially when you have had the injury for a long time.

In this healing phase, you should wear the WristWidget® until your weight bearing is normal (equal to your uninjured wrist) and there is NO clicking. You are not done with the healing process yet.

This phase is important because often people think that they are healed and go back to normal functioning without the WristWidget®. They fall back below 65lb/29kg for weight bearing tolerance and symptoms resurface.
Great advice from 👍🏻👏🏻
Protocol details
https://www.wristwidget.com/pages/tfcc-tear-treatment-mild-injury