Hand Exercises

You did not say what the cause of the thumb weakness was, but if there is some kind of neurological problem such as carpal tunnel syndrome or a cervical disc herniation, you may need to work with the neck first to be able to get anywhere with the thumbs. For working the thumbs, I suggest using the sock and squeezing it between your thumb and each finger, one at a time, holding the squeeze for about 10 seconds and repeating until you feel a slight burning in the hand muscles.

hey doc, thank you for this video usefull to some extents for me buts its not my finger that need strenthening its my thumbs there is besically no muscle in the thumbs or souronding the bottom of the thumbs and especially my pinch or pincer grip is really weak, can you tell me what to do or what exercises i can do please :)

thaaaankx

usefull and simple exercisses

hi doc. What exercises would you recommend for stroke patients to strengthen arm and wrist muscles. Also, what exercises would you recommend for the weak side of the body in stroke patients? It would be great if you could demonstrate the same.. Thanks
SJ

The hand exercises shown plus wrist extensions and curls and bicep curls and tricep extensions with handweights work well. If the weak side is too weak for even light weights, you will get some crossover by exercising the strong side while facing a mirror (the mirror image tricks the nervous system into developing the pathways on the weak side). Stroke rehab places often have split mirror set-ups that fool the brain into thinking you're working both sides when only working the strong side.

Hey Doc I NEED exercises to make my hands strong i broke my both wrists (that suck isn't it) and my doc say that i need to do like bear claws, my fingers shake too much, I will love and apreciate your help :(

The exercises on the video are an excellent starting point. As your hands get stronger, you can increase the resistance on the gripping exercise by switching to a tennis or racquet ball, or get a set of grip exercisers. In addition, I recommend doing wrist curls and wrist extensions with a handweight. I also suggest you do some rotation of the wrist back and forth without resistance just to improve mobility. Good luck!

i need stronger wrists for boxing wat do i do???