For an elbow brace to work effectively and remain supporting of your elbow joints, you must ensure that the brace is fitted properly to your elbow. Braces are usually customisable or fit your left or right arm easily by design so there shouldn’t be too much hassle finding the right brace. Slip the arm that requires support through the sleeves and ensure the brace fits nice and tight on the elbow.
The fit of the elbow brace should be similar to a wrist brace, and allow the same freedom of motion. Test that your elbow is free to move in normal directions but with added support and stability. It is normal to feel stiffness or tightness more in certain directions; this is the brace restricting movement in the directions that could potentially cause damage or injury.
Now you’re ready to continue exercising! The beauty about wearing supportive gear for sports is that you can keep on enjoying the same activities as you would normally. Furthermore, when avoiding injury it is actually suggested to keep exercise and fitness up more than anything. It’s important to continue using muscle groups in certain motions to keep them healthy and strong.
Other braces such as a neck brace or a shoulder brace provide many supportive benefits as these braces support larger and more crucial body movements. Because muscle groups such as the shoulder are essential to functional body movement, braces for these particular body parts will help restrict their movement to your body’s natural range of motion to avoid unnecessary movement and stress on the muscles and ligaments.