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Range Of Motion For Hands

1. Place involved hand on the table with your little finger side down and thumb pointing up. With the other hand, slowly and gently rotate thumb.

2. Place involved hand on the table with your little finger side down and thumb pointing up. With the other hand, slowly and gently bend thumb at middle joint toward palm.

3. Hold finger firmly just below the top joint. Bend tip down and hold for 5 seconds and then straighten. Do each finger separately.

4. Keeping fingers straight, bend at large knuckles only. Hold for 5 seconds and then straighten.

5. Hold all finger joints straight. Bend top 2 joints while keeping large joint straight. Hold for 5 seconds and then straighten.

6. Hold all finger joints straight. Bend all joints to make a fist. Hold for 5 seconds and then straighten.

7. Hold all finger joints straight. Bend middle and bottom joints while keeping top joints straight. Stretch and touch your palm with the fingertips. Hold for 5 seconds and then straighten.

8. Reach thumb across palm and touch the base of the little finger and then return to starting position. Repeat _____ times.

9. Touch thumb to each fingertip individually. Repeat ________ times.

10. Rotate each finger individually in clockwise and counter-clockwise direction. Repeat ___ times.

11. Flatten fingers on hard surface and hold for 5 seconds.

12. Place hand so fingers extend over table at middle joint. Move fingers up and down from middle joint. Repeat _____ times.

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