Reddit reviews Mueller Adjustable Elbow Support, Black, One Size Fits Most (Packaging May Vary) | Adjustable Elbow Brace

Your rate and times are irrelevant for your first two weeks. After that it escalates on a weekly basis until you hit learning curve 5. AFAIK you’re supposed to be able to do 275 uph with takt time under 12 at the end of week three. Week 4 jumps up to 360 and takt time in 9s. Week 5 is when 400 and 8.5 takt or better matters for pickers in an AR FC. What really matter is your expected productivity percent. Basically that is the number you have to be over 90% of to avoid a write up after second week, and you need to have over 100 if you want to be assigned to secondary support roles.

As for soreness a few things can help. First and foremost get Powerstep Pinnacle Maxx Full Length Orthotic Shoe Insoles, Burgandy insoles (the red ones) for your shoes. Your feet and subsequently the rest of your body will thank you. Get a pair of SB SOX Compression Knee Brace (I use a pair old of socks with the toes cut out) and use a Solimo (Amazon cheap brand) knee brace because together they will save your knees wear and tear. Also get the Mueller wrap around elbow braces, which will help save you a lot of pain and suffering now and years down the road. Get a lifting belt/brace/back support and use it every other shift. Staying hydrated isn’t enough as a picker. Get yourself a 32 oz Insulated Kleen Kanteen. Fill it one quarter to one third with ice and use a combination of Cytomax drink powder at two scoops to one scoop of Bodybuilding.com Signature BCAA and bring three premixed containers of powder mix in the right ratios.Rubbermaid makes small plastic containers that I use, so you can refill the kanteen at each break. I keep a spare mix container in a mesh bag with a cliff bar or an apple and some small hard candies, which I attach via carabiner to my water-bottle going in and out that during work is attached to fence directly above water bottle holder. This drink will keep you hydrated, fueled, maintain electrolytes, and provide amino acids to prevent excessive muscular breakdown. Make sure you eat a tons of protein at each meal, including packing healthy lunches with lots of protein and possibly even include a protein shake/smoothies in an insulated container for lunchtime. Nutrition is key to fast recovery from the intense physical MMA prep workout they put us through.

Don’t be afraid to take restroom breaks right smack in the middle of your quarters, seriously. With regards to pod gaps, tote conveyor jams, and other issues out of a picker’s control it is helpful to keep a small notebook to log those things down and show it to your PA/AM/OpsM to have your time adjusted for those issues, which then adjusts your expected productivity percentage.

Ideally you want to stay right around 95% productivity by the time week 4 ends and you’re transfer eligible. If you do too good, then greedy af bonus hungry AMs will do everything possible to keep you as a picker. One woman I know has been a picker at my FC for two years. She hits 600. UPH with TAKT times that are in the 3/s-5/s range no problem, and she has been stuck picking and not given secondary roles because she is just that good at the job.

I am amazed at how many of us old farts have elbow issues. It's not something you commonly hear about and yet it's a real common topic on here and obviously lots of people have the issues.

There is no quick healing on elbow injuries. I have golfer's elbow (the medial side, aka the inside of the elbow) myself. IT SUCKS. I don't think it never really goes away, but it does become manageable.

Things that have helped me.

• Ibuprofen (a lot) is your friend.
  
• Professional massage. They do some cross fiber stuff, it hurts like holy hell, but it really seems to bring down the pain level a lot for a long time. I've also found that when the massage therapist digs into my triceps that they are really tight and painful. So I think that's part of it.
  
• stop pissing it off, figure out what exercise(s) are making it mad and stop doing them.
  
• Those neoprene elbow wraps seem to help a lot, keeps some heat in it and keeps it warm. I have one of these, it works fine and I put it on when I'm working upper body: http://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Adjustable-Elbow-Support-Black/dp/B0027VMV16/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1401727725&sr=1-2&keywords=elbow+brace
  
• theraband. yeah, it sounds stupid, but it seems to help a lot and they aren't expensive. http://www.thera-bandacademy.com/tba-exercise/FlexBar-Reverse-Twist-for-Golfers-Elbow These also work for tennis elbow, but the exercise is different, it's on the site.
  
• I saw a article (and I can't find it again) that talked about how the wrist flexor and extensor muscles get out of balance. Everything in pulling and carrying is flexor and the extensor muscle is much smaller. So the article recommend things like reverse wrist curls, zottman curls, etc to work on that extensor. I have added these in over the last month plus and I think they have made a difference. While not an experiment because I"m not changing just one thing at a time, my elbows have been pretty quiet the last few weeks and that's the big major change that i've made.

I had it bad this spring so I was using [THIS] (https://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Adjustable-Elbow-Support-Black/dp/B0027VMV16/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1469026744&sr=8-1&keywords=elbow+mueller). Mine is mostly healed now, but it worked wonders while it was flaring up.

I love my beat up Mueller brace. I've been using one of these for over 3 years now.

It's flexible, not to bulky and you can hide it "ok" at work if youre worried about that. It cleans up easily and I've worn it for all manner of tasks including during sleep (to keep from pulling my arm up in my sleep, ya know? That ALWAYS fucks me up the next day otherwise).

It's done well but the Velcro is seriously worn now and I really should replace it. It will hold well for at least a year or so but keep in mind it will also hold cat and dog hair lol. For sizing, i'm a normal sized dude at ~160lbs 5'7" approaching 40 soonish, it may fit differently if you're on the larger side of the scale I hear though.