Wrist Arthritis Exercises Nhs

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.

Wrist arthritis exercises nhs. These exercises are designed to improve the range of movement in your wrist joint following an injury. A light weight can be added as able. It s important to work within your pain limits and not to overstretch yourself if you re in pain. This information leaflet provides you with exercises to help you recover from your injury or surgery.

Tendonitis de quervain s disease or arthritis. Arthritis can cause the joints of the hand and wrist to become painful stiff and swollen. Hold the fingers of the hand to be stretched. With the side of your hand rested on a table and your hand loosely clenched bend your wrist and fingers towards you.

Use larger stronger joints as levers for example take the pressure of opening a heavy door on your shoulder rather than on your hand. Hold for seconds. Backwards palm up and forwards. 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.

Please only perform the exercises as instructed by your therapist. Hold for 2 seconds then bend them back to where you started. They should be performed slowly. With your left hand gently press down on the right hand until you feel a stretch in your wrist and arm.

With your wrist over the edge of the. Bending your wrist from left to right is one repetition. To exercise your wrist hold your right arm out with the palm facing down. Common causes of wrist pain.

Pain swelling and bruising difficult to move wrist or grip anything. 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. Level with the injured wrist. Side to side wrist bend.

You should do this exercise while sitting or standing. The exercises in this booklet aim to reduce pain stiffness and swelling improve. Add wrist strengthening and gentle grip strengthening exercises as your pain allows and as advised by your therapist. Increase the weights and the repetitions of the previous exercises as you are able.

Holding a piece of theraband begin. Extend your wrist by gently pulling back on your hand until you feel stretching at the inside of your forearm. Table in a neutral position. Hand should hold the theraband.

The following exercises are designed to keep the hand and wrist flexible. Gently bend your wrist forwards and backwards keeping your fingers relaxed.