Wrist Arthritis Exercises Nhs

Over time grip strength can weaken and sometimes joint deformities develop making it more difficult to use your hands for day to day activities.

Wrist arthritis exercises nhs. Hold for 2 seconds then bend them back to where you started. With your wrist over the edge of the. Common causes of wrist pain. A light weight can be added as able.

Use several joints to spread the weight of an object for example use both hands to carry your shopping or distribute the weight evenly by using a rucksack. Increase the weights and the repetitions of the previous exercises as you are able. Side to side wrist bend. Extend your wrist by gently pulling back on your hand until you feel stretching at the inside of your forearm.

Hold for seconds. A little bit of pain or discomfort while you re exercising that you can cope with doesn t mean you re doing yourself any harm. Table in a neutral position. Bending your wrist from left to right is one repetition.

Hold the fingers of the hand to be stretched. With your left hand gently press down on the right hand until you feel a stretch in your wrist and arm. Hand should hold the theraband. To exercise your wrist hold your right arm out with the palm facing down.

They should be performed slowly. Pain swelling and bruising difficult to move wrist or grip anything. Tendonitis de quervain s disease or arthritis. This information leaflet provides you with exercises to help you recover from your injury or surgery.

Please only perform the exercises as instructed by your therapist. Start to carry out exercise 3 with full active movement of your wrist off the edge of the table without the assistance of your good hand. Use larger stronger joints as levers for example take the pressure of opening a heavy door on your shoulder rather than on your hand. With the side of your hand rested on a table and your hand loosely clenched bend your wrist and fingers towards you.

Add wrist strengthening and gentle grip strengthening exercises as your pain allows and as advised by your therapist. Pain swelling and stiffness at the base of the finger that lasts a long time may be hard to move fingers and thumb may have a lump. It s important to work within your pain limits and not to overstretch yourself if you re in pain. The exercises in this booklet aim to reduce pain stiffness and swelling improve.

Level with the injured wrist. Holding a piece of theraband begin. Arthritis can cause the joints of the hand and wrist to become painful stiff and swollen. You should do this exercise while sitting or standing.

Keep your elbow straight. Backwards palm up and forwards.