Thumb brace valentines edition

This is the improved version of my first thumb brace, valentines edition. This one closes with a TPU loop or an elastic band. To mold use a hair blower on hottest setting and go slow!

When your joints hurt or lack strenght due to health problems you want solutions fast! Having a custom brace made take a long time and can be very expensive! Because the time from getting a doctors appointment to an apointment with a orthopedic medical device maker to having the perfect brace is many many months, I decided to make my own temporary brace. 

It helps for hypermobility, ehlers danlos syndrome, sprained joints, reumatoid and connective tissue disseases. The brace will help the joints align and allows for normal movement while preventing hyperextension, luxations and sideways movement.

 

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This brace prints flat and needs to be heated to mold it to your right hand. Begin by molding the thumb. and then fold the other parts around the wrist. If you printed in PLA a hairblower on hottest setting will be hot enough. Just keep heating slowly and molding small parts at a time. 

 

This left and right hand thumb brace set will imobilize the CMC and MCP joints. The hook that goes around the hand just under the knuckle will stabilise the thumb joints. The brace can be closed by a TPU band (print profile included) or by an elastic (hair) tie. A plate full of different sized TPU bands is added as a seperate print file. You might need to look which size is the perfect fit for you, this valentines edition is only size S. 

 

The print will pause at layer 9 so you change colors for some extra fun and love!

 

Please use the size Guide to choose the correct size. This valentines edition only comes in size S. Other sizes are available in the original hexagon pattern, just follow the links below

 

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL
A	17cm	18,5cm	20cm	21,5cm	23cm
B	5,5cm	6,0cm	6,5cm	7,0cm	7,5cm
C	16cm	17,5cm	19cm	21cm	22,5cm

 

Right stabilizer brace : https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084392#profileId-1076898
Left stabilizer brace : https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084378#profileId-1076885
Left immobiliser brace : https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084366#profileId-1076870
Right immobiliser brace : https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084359#profileId-1076862

 

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