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Imak Smart Glove Small (Pack of 2)
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Disease Books > Carpal Tunnel Syndrome > Item 6
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Imak Smart Glove Small (Pack of 2)
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by Imak
Sales Rank: 8535
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List Price: $31.98
$24.04
At Amazon
on 1-19-2011.
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Features
Helps prevent and relieve carpal tunnel syndrome
Increases comfort and circulation
Ensures ergonomically correct wrist position
Reversible to fit left or right hand
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
My first year of grad school, I developed some sort of repetitive stress problem from computer use. I got physical therapy, nerve conduction testing, full arm splints to sleep in, and plenty of admonishment that the problem was I spent too much time on the computer and I needed to stop. (HA! You can't stop using a computer in grad school. Real helpful...)
Nothing helped... until I found Smart Gloves. If I work without them for any length of time, my wrists ache and fingers tingle. If I wear them, I remain comfortable.
Now I'm on Amazon in a panic because, after 6.5 years of wearing my Smart Gloves pretty much every day, for up to 10 hours a day, the left glove got a hole and beads started falling out. (I would call that VERY durable.)
Working without the gloves = pain, so I need a replacement ASAP.
And then I saw the previous 1 star review and had to say something.
It takes a little bit of getting used to at first to have the beads beneath your wrist while working, but I never experienced them as uncomfortable---quite the opposite, I got very fast relief from pain.
If you use some kinds of keyboards (with buttons on the hand rests or something) you might find the bead-pads get in the way. Likewise, it can take a little while to get used to using a mouse with the gloves on (though if you have RSI issues, I also recommend a vertical mouse, which also happens to work better with the gloves).
Make sure you get the right size for your hands. I imagine if you get the wrong size the gloves will not work very well.
I don't see the size chart here, so the info is:
Measure the width of your palm across the widest part of the knuckles where your fingers connect to the hand bones.
X-Small = up to 2 3/4"
Small = up to 3 1/4"
Medium = up to 3 3/4"
Large = up to 4 1/4"
X-Large = 4 1/4" and over
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Imak Smart Glove Small (Pack of 2)
List Price: $31.98
Available from Amazon
Price: $24.04
Updated on 1-19-2011.
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