Many patients wear a combination of, or all of these appliances at any given time in their treatment.

The patient wears a pressure dressing for 3 days.

The company will also give advice about clothes that patients can wear to mask the potential problem.

In one study, patients were wearing this glove two hours a day, five days a week, for eight weeks.

After that, the patient wears a splint on his finger at night for three more months.

Recovery: Normal activities can be resumed immediately, but patients must wear support hose for a week.

It is also advised that patients wear protective clothing to block the sun from their skin.

But by the next day most patients can wear makeup as usual, or, if the patient is a man, shave.

Most patients wear a sling after surgery for the first week.

One strategy is to have patients wear pedometers to measure the distance they walk every day.