Wrist Arthritis Exercises Nhs

The following exercises are designed to keep the hand and wrist flexible.

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. Tendonitis de quervain s disease or arthritis. Side to side wrist bend. 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.

Hold for 2 seconds then bend them back to where you started. Over time grip strength can weaken and sometimes joint deformities develop making it more difficult to use your hands for day to day activities. Add wrist strengthening and gentle grip strengthening exercises as your pain allows and as advised by your therapist. A light weight can be added as able.

The exercises in this booklet aim to reduce pain stiffness and swelling improve. Hold the fingers of the hand to be stretched. Extend your wrist by gently pulling back on your hand until you feel stretching at the inside of your forearm. Bending your wrist from left to right is one repetition.

Please only perform the exercises as instructed by your therapist. Hand should hold the theraband. Common causes of wrist pain. Pain swelling and bruising difficult to move wrist or grip anything.

Holding a piece of theraband begin. With the side of your hand rested on a table and your hand loosely clenched bend your wrist and fingers towards you. It s important to work within your pain limits and not to overstretch yourself if you re in pain. Table in a neutral position.

Backwards palm up and forwards. Hold for seconds. Level with the injured wrist. To exercise your wrist hold your right arm out with the palm facing down.

With your left hand gently press down on the right hand until you feel a stretch in your wrist and arm. You should do this exercise while sitting or standing. 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. Increase the weights and the repetitions of the previous exercises as you are able.

Keep your elbow straight. Gently bend your wrist forwards and backwards keeping your fingers relaxed. With your wrist over the edge of the. Arthritis can cause the joints of the hand and wrist to become painful stiff and swollen.

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.