Physiotherapy and MSK services can issue the BL-82008 alongside a graded exercise programme for lateral epicondylitis, using the strap during the activities that provoke pain. Occupational health services can offer it to workers whose jobs involve repeated gripping or tool use, while reviewing the work itself. Sports medicine clinics, including those serving racket sports, can use it during return-to-play, and GP practices can keep it for people with straightforward outer-elbow pain. Hand therapy services can include it in programmes for overuse elbow pain linked to repeated tool or keyboard use, and all these services can use the same size.
Evidence and red flags set the limits. NICE's clinical knowledge summary treats a strap as an option with limited and conflicting evidence behind it, so it fits as an add-on to exercise and advice. Swelling, redness, or fever at the elbow; an injury with deformity; numbness or weakness in the hand; and constant night pain all need medical assessment first. The dial makes over-tightening easy, so every issue should include checking hand warmth and sensation with the strap in place. Patients should be shown where the pad sits and how to release the dial before they leave, and employers' occupational health providers should issue it only after a clinical assessment.
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