Wendy Medeiros (OT, CHT) is an innovative problem solver who has dedicated the last 17 years to help patients who suffer from ulnar sided wrist pain. In today's episode, Wendy and Jan discusses the weight bearing tolerance test and how Wendy came to use this novel assessment in her practice.

The weight bearing test is a non-invasive, accessible and easy to use tool to measure weight bearing tolerance of the human wrist. If you have more questions about the weight bearing test you can find more info at www.wristwidget.com

Further reading:

"Press test" for office diagnosis of triangular fibrocartilage complex tears of the wrist - PubMed (nih.gov)

Wrist weight-bearing tolerance in healthy adults - PubMed (nih.gov)

Increase of weight-bearing capacity of patients with lesions of the TFCC using a wrist brace - PubMed (nih.gov)

Ulnar variance and TFCC tears

TFCC & Ulnar sided wrist pain podcastBy Wendy MedeirosMay 16, 2022