Why choose 3-Point Products Oval-8 Splint for Finger?
- This finger splint features a wide, flat band for comfortable pressure distribution and control
- Made of 1/16" (16mm), high-temperature polypropylene
- Can be adjusted with a heat gun for a small angle alteration. fits both a full and a half ring size
- Keeps skin clean and dry
- Can be worn in water or when bathing
- Ideal for daily use
- Angled band allows Oval-8 splint to fit tighter or looser depending on which end is placed on the finger first
3pp Oval-8 Finger Splint User Guide
How to measure your Finger Joint?
Measuring your finger with a flexible measuring tape or by using the paper measuring cut-out in the Oval-8 Sizing Guide is easy and will provide you with a range of sizes most likely to fit your finger. Measure the joint or the section of the finger you will be wearing the splint on.
What to buy with Oval-8 Finger Splints
Treatments by Oval-8
- Mallet Finger
- Holds the DIPJ in extension or slight hyperextension
- Adjust with heat if slight hyperextension is desired
- Trigger Finger
- Blocks finger triggering by limited MP or IPJ flexion
- Ideal as a conservative -treatment or following injection
- Trigger Thumb
- Blocks thumb triggering at the DIPJ or MPJ
- Ideal as a conservative treatment or following injection
- Swan Neck (Hyperextension) Deformity
- Stops PIPJ hyperextension
- Improves DIPJ control
- Boutonniere Deformity
- Holds the PIPJ in neutral extension
- Ideal as a "retainer" after dynamic splinting to solidify gains in ROM
- Lateral Deviated Fingers
- Reduces DIPJ and PIPJ deviation caused by injury or the buildup of arthritic nodules
- Pressure can be applied ulnarly or radially to reduce deviation
- Fractures
- Holds minor non-displaced fractures stable using two splints
- Interlock a larger-sized splint with a smaller-sized splint to immobilize a joint
- Hyperextension Conditions - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Stabilizes any IP joint to restore balance and improve function
- Mulitple splints can be worn on one hand
- Hypertonicity and Mild Spasticity
- Improves functional pinch and grip in persons with tone control problems
- Blocks thumb IP flexion or hyperextension to facilitate pinch
- Controls end range flexion of the digits for improved grasp patterns
- Restores balance to overcome intrinsic minus posturing
Note: Sizes correspond to jewelers ring sizes, though correlation may vary due to swelling or joint changes.
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