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Depending on what kind of injury your knee suffered in the bike accident, you could benefit from several kinds of braces for your knee. There are braces that fit around like an ace bandage, the kind with the ball bearing hinge on the side, and there are some that can be fitted to your knee to accommodate for swelling.
There are a few names for an Ace Bandage and they are as follows; elastic wrap, compression bandage, stretchable bandage, pressure bandage and crepe bandage. The common use is to use them for muscle sprains and strains, by reducing the flow of blood to the area to reduce swelling at the place of injury.
Not sure about reducing swelling but wrapping it would keep swelling down. Try an old sock over the paw and wrap it with another sock or an Ace bandage to keep it on. Don't do it too tightly!
Put on an Ace bandage, buy your crutches and voila! I understand though, that walking and living with crutches is no picnic for the shoulders.
The type of bandage this is dangerous if it is stretched to tight but is the easiest to use is called what?
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Yes "Ace" bandages are designed to hold a sprained or pulled muscle in place and prevent over-extending it and injuring it more.
The conventional type of Ace bandage usually comes with two little figure-8 shaped hooks to hold it in place, but two small safety pins will work as well. Some types of Ace bandage have a self-adhesive strip at one end, similar to Velcro.
Ace bandage
An ace bandage. And a sock if you have ugly toes.
If you are talking about an elastic or "Ace" wrap or tensor bandage, I would say NO. These type of things will constrict flow and cause swelling distal to or on the other side of the bandage. So you will get increased swelling at your hand and fingers and for carpal tunnel this will aggravate your condition. For carpal tunnel syndrome or other conditions in where you want to keep the wrist in a neutral position, you need to wear a night splint made especially for this purpose. Pil-o-splints are probably the best overall for this type of thing.
An Ace or elastic bandage can be dangerous if it is stretched to tight but it is the easiest to use.