ligament 5 can be seen to encircle the wrist the wrist brace 7 of the invention is shown in phantom form as it would appear on the hand and wrist the wrist brace 7 comprises a sleeve defining elastic body 9 the body 9 has an outer edge 11 near the fingers indicated at 13 and an inner edge 15 below the wrist on the wearer 39 s arm shown generally at 17 the body 9 also has a thumb opening 19 allowing the thumb indicated at 21 to move freely the brace 7 maintains the hand in a slightly angled position approximately 32 u00b0 as shown by lines 23 and 25 as is known in the art this angled position is preferred for proper healing fig1 a shows the single piece of non fray elastic fabric as cut with fold marks b the top fold mark is brought down to a position on the lower mark with an angled fold at each edge of the cut fabric when attached along the fold lines at top and bottom as shown in fig1 b the upper portion of the brace when closed as worn on the hand forms a 32 u00b0 angle at the same time producing three times the elastic power of the original fabric in the area 39 fig2 is a detailed view of the wrist brace 7 closed but without the hand the body 9 is unlike prior art devices generally manufactured from a single piece of two way uniformly elastic fabric such a fabric is shown in copending application ser no 07 117 756 and ser no 07 387 706 a fold 29 is formed by folding and sewing the fabric such that the area on the wrist adjacent the fold which.