7 hand-stretching exercises to ease rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.



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Date Posted : 2009-09-23

1-Start by holding your hand upright and pointing your wrist, fingers, and thumb upward for 5 to 10 seconds.
2-Keep your wrist straight in the neutral starting position and bend the base joints of your fingers.
3-Keep your wrist and the base joints straight, and bend your middle and end joints of your fingers toward your palm, one at a time. Hold each position for five seconds
4-Bend each finger from the base joint downward using your other hand to move your fingersHold for 10 seconds.
5-With your hand straight and fingers pointing upward, bend your fingers downward so they are touching your palm. Do not make a fistHold for five seconds.
6-Starting with your wrist, fingers, and thumb pointing upward, make an “O” by touching your index finger to your thumb. Hold this for at least 5 and up to 20 seconds.
7-With your hands in the neutral position and all of your knuckles straight, slowly and gently spread your fingers as far apart as you can, like a fan opening up.Hold each position for five seconds. Repeat on both hands twice a day.
Repeat all previous exersices on both hands twice a day.

More details were written By Denise Mann in WebMD Feature 23 sept 2009.


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