burden is also applied to the elbow joint or the like which compensates for an overload on the hand joints so that there is a fear that a secondary pain may be induced for this reason in a person for whom the frequency of using the fingers or the hand joints is high and pain is present in the elbow or the front of the shoulder joint pains of the elbow and the shoulder joint which result through a chain reaction from a pain of the hand joints can be reduced by wearing the hand joint supporter 10 in addition the supporting section 4 is disposed on the front face the palm of the hand side of the hand joint supporter 10 thereby limiting the dorsal flexion of the hand joints of the wearer and is disposed on the back face the back of the hand side of the hand joint supporter 10 thereby limiting the palmar flexion of the hand joint of the wearer for this reason depending on pain of the hand joints of the wearer in the case of wanting to limit the dorsal flexion of the hand joints the hand joint supporter 10 in which the supporting section 4 is disposed only on the front face the palm of the hand side is also acceptable and in the case of wanting to limit the palmar flexion of the hand joints the hand joint supporter 10 in which the supporting section 4 is disposed only on the back face the back of the hand side is also acceptable in particular it is preferable to.