Finger + Wrist Exercises: Beginner Follow Along after Cast Removal

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  • Michelle, from Virtual Hand Care, shows you Finger + Wrist Exercises: Beginner Follow Along after Cast Removal.
    Fingers, thumbs, and wrists can become very stiff after a fracture or injury.
    After your cast is removed, this beginner finger and wrist exercise routine will help you OVERCOME your stiffness!
    Try out these proven finger, thumb, and wrist exercises commonly used in therapy clinics.
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    This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.

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  • @VirtualHandCare
    @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому +19

    Follow along with me during this Finger and Wrist Exercise after Cast Removal Routine. 🔥 Work on loosening up those stiff fingers, thumb, and wrist with these beginner range of motion exercises and stretches. 🙌 Let me know in the comments below how these worked out for you! 💪 Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so I can see all your COMMENTS. 🙏

    • @kaiserR7245
      @kaiserR7245 Рік тому

      Thanks for nice information

    • @hiseyes
      @hiseyes 11 місяців тому

      Just got out of a cast with a broken bone at the base of my thumb. I have arthritis so keeping the hand still for so long the arthritis has creeped around the base of my thumb joint. I feel sharp pains when i accidentally move the wrist without thinking. I am hoping these exercises with help with that. Thanks so much for making this video available as getting into therapy will take a couple of months and by that time it will be a moot point.

    • @user-qr6lg6mu2n
      @user-qr6lg6mu2n 9 місяців тому +1

      How do i get rid of finger swelling?

    • @mariaplamadeala6695
      @mariaplamadeala6695 Місяць тому

      Se poate face aceste exerciții dacă mina este inflamata?

  • @victoriaspira8344
    @victoriaspira8344 2 місяці тому +2

    Wow, I am so glad I have found you on here. To see you actually doing the exercises does make it easier to feel that I'm slowly improving. I broke the radius (fragments of radius)and the ulna of my right wrist, falling off a horse. Cast off two weeks now. No exercises from hospital, just a referral for physio. First appt not for a few weeks yet, so instead I have a wonderful osteopath who is treating me along with sciatica. He's the only therapist that has almost got rid of 30 years worth of sciatica, hence my faith in him. I think following your video's and his treatment will be the answer. I err expect , hope, pray I can ride in another 4 wks from now ! 😉

  • @ndaylyn1
    @ndaylyn1 Рік тому +5

    I just had my cast removed today. I don't really want to go to physio due to lack of time. Thanks God I found your channel. I will be following what you taught in your videos to recover from distal radius fracture. Thank you so much.

  • @halzander8573
    @halzander8573 2 місяці тому +1

    I think these exercises are great. I had a distal fracture at the end of last year which is bad enough, but even worse because I play piano. When I had a cast on I found quite a lot of piano pieces for left hand only since I broke my right wrist. Now three months after the cast coming off and doing your exercises my fingers are much less stiff and I am playing piano with both hands again, although some positions on the piano are a bit painful. I´d like like to thank you for the exercises and say it´s great of you to help so many people.

  • @bishalchanda9243
    @bishalchanda9243 Рік тому +1

    Thank you maam...writing this comment with injured hand after cast removal

  • @sunitadhawan2919
    @sunitadhawan2919 Місяць тому +1

    Your exercises are very helpful and really do wonders 😊

  • @ge2893
    @ge2893 2 роки тому +17

    Michelle, thank you for your work! You are a light in a long dark scary tunnel I'm in right now :( but you bring back the will to carry on :). Grace from Brisbane.

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому +2

      You are welcome 🙏 Thank you for your kind words. Sending you continued strength as you heal. 💚

    • @kaypendergast5676
      @kaypendergast5676 2 роки тому +4

      I second that too. It is very very very scary and stressful!!

    • @sde-iiiamc3598
      @sde-iiiamc3598 2 роки тому

      @@VirtualHandCare Hi That was very good video.
      Congratulations on doing great job for people around.

    • @noeleneharrison1846
      @noeleneharrison1846 Рік тому +1

      I'm with you there Michelle. I broke my distal radius 12 weeks ago. Feeling very frustrated with my progress, I found this channel and now I have more hope and determination that I will get through this. Noelene from Perth

    • @PhuocNguyen-pw7ew
      @PhuocNguyen-pw7ew 9 місяців тому +1

      That 's exactly whwt I feel right now . I just have my cast removed week ago 😊

  • @kathyorndorff7028
    @kathyorndorff7028 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you so much for all your helpful exercises. Five days out of my cast and I am seeing results already. ♥️

  • @manishgauro
    @manishgauro 2 роки тому +4

    Love your work

  • @janillegarduque378
    @janillegarduque378 10 місяців тому

    Thanks Michelle very helpful

  • @mcviegas2566
    @mcviegas2566 10 місяців тому

    Great instructions, again! Thank you very much.

  • @peterthai2000
    @peterthai2000 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @haikeabraham7976
    @haikeabraham7976 11 місяців тому

    sooo very helpful!

  • @kazkaz1491
    @kazkaz1491 Рік тому

    Brilliant gentle exercises, really helpful. Thank you

  • @jeanneadelo
    @jeanneadelo Рік тому

    One session so much relief. Thank you. I’ll be back for more

  • @LRN214
    @LRN214 7 місяців тому

    This was so helpful thank you so much

  • @gunsloverfrompakistan3413
    @gunsloverfrompakistan3413 Рік тому

    Very nice exercises. Love to see that

  • @Madniii_
    @Madniii_ Рік тому

    great help

  • @abandonzenik6321
    @abandonzenik6321 Рік тому

    thank you so much doc! yopu are so positive!

  • @pingavelino
    @pingavelino 2 роки тому +1

    very helpful information, god bless...

  • @MonicaBalgobin
    @MonicaBalgobin Місяць тому

    I’m seeing a lot of improvement. Thank you

  • @sunitadhawan2919
    @sunitadhawan2919 Місяць тому +1

    Really helped my stiffness at the wrist. Thank you so much.....your exercises are doing wonders ❤😊

  • @budgiesparrotsworld628
    @budgiesparrotsworld628 2 роки тому

    Oh , thanks , it's very helpful for my broken hand,,

  • @akcolor
    @akcolor Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this video. Very useful and effective exercises you have suggested.

  • @Daffodil729
    @Daffodil729 Рік тому +2

    This was so helpful- my cast was removed a few days ago and I'm surprised at just how stiff and sore my hand and fingers are - swollen and inflamed. However after trying these gentle exercises I see that there is hope on the horizon - thank you.

  • @manishdoshi322
    @manishdoshi322 2 роки тому

    Thankyou very much for showing the exercises it is helping a lot to my fractured little Finger stiffness.

  • @lkinzel
    @lkinzel Рік тому

    Thanxamillion. This is great stuff

  • @ronalderroa8631
    @ronalderroa8631 11 місяців тому

    Just Big thank you ❤

  • @kopitambp
    @kopitambp 2 роки тому +1

    This is an excellent excercise routine for a broken wrist. One must seriously follow. thanks Michelle.

  • @victorianabondoc1962
    @victorianabondoc1962 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for helping us with our dfficulty with injured wrist and making us understand our feelings

  • @lindagallagher3711
    @lindagallagher3711 Рік тому

    Thank you Michelle got cast of Thurs you make it seem easier great stuffxx

  • @naomifenton2159
    @naomifenton2159 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much I have just had my cast of yesterday after a broken wrist so your exercises are really going to help me. 💕

  • @user-js4mq3wl8l
    @user-js4mq3wl8l 7 місяців тому

    Thank you so much your exercises are starting to make a real difference, my knuckles are taking the longest time to straighten, I’ll keep to the exercises x

  • @GlobalHealingGalaxy
    @GlobalHealingGalaxy 2 роки тому +1

    you are so amazing, thank you, was panicking after my cast was off a few hrs ago. watching you and some of the technique you use. is easy and helpful. thank you for your all the teachings. big hug.and lots of love to what you do.

  • @renukasamath2955
    @renukasamath2955 Рік тому

    You have become my personal therapist! God Bless You!

  • @47empanadita
    @47empanadita 2 роки тому +1

    Hello Michelle. Thank you for your accompaniment in rehab. You have the ability to show the effort we go throuh and take the time to do it ataour pace. This is why I find your longer videos more useful than those in which the number of exercises is suggested. We cannot trick you while your are there! :)

  • @neilsalazar3674
    @neilsalazar3674 2 місяці тому

    Thanks a lot I'm from Philippines more power for your advocacy

  • @kimstansfield4783
    @kimstansfield4783 Рік тому +3

    Dear Michelle Thank you so much! I really felt this and am sure it will,all get easier…. I am day 2 out of my cast and keen to do all the right things to help get going again. I am 62 a swimmer, cyclist and fast walker and have really felt the loss of my mobility- but this first video I’ve watched is fantastic, easy to follow and I’ll be doing my daily exercises religiously with the video. Fiona Kim,,Lincolnshire UK

  • @monikaszilviavinczenetarcs8558

    Thank you for much amazing too much help me 🙏🥰

  • @djw3975
    @djw3975 11 місяців тому

    Your awesome thanks

  • @valeriequinn1068
    @valeriequinn1068 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much . Cast off this afternoon . Quite painful at present but I will persist with the exercises. Thank you for your advice and encouragement.

  • @rosalvamacquarrie602
    @rosalvamacquarrie602 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you!!!! I had my wrist/arm cast removed today and you were a savior to the awful pain I experienced after the cast removal. Very helpful excessives♥️

  • @nicolebentzen3856
    @nicolebentzen3856 Рік тому

    Love this so helpful

  • @juliasatyavani7187
    @juliasatyavani7187 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for your valuable information.so useful exercises.
    My index finger only touches my thumb.remaining fingers,I feel pain mam

  • @anyonecanartwithrobbie
    @anyonecanartwithrobbie Рік тому

    thanks from Croatia !

  • @alizafelix9046
    @alizafelix9046 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent, gentle instruction for my (dominant hand) radius fracture, five days after cast removal, and CRPS-2 diagnosis. In combination with my prescribed PT and OT, I am hoping that early exercise post-injury will lead to preventing type 1 CRPS. Subscribed to your page so I'll keep up with this daily!

  • @athomecooking7041
    @athomecooking7041 Рік тому

    Thank you Michelle... Love from Pakistan

  • @alejandrocutshair
    @alejandrocutshair 9 місяців тому +1

    thank you so much for these informational videos! I am a barber who is currently doing PT

  • @laurawilliams4507
    @laurawilliams4507 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you so much, Michelle. I broke my wrist 6 weeks ago and just got the cast removed. I found your videos right after the injury and they've been super helpful for working on range of motion and smooth movement. I'm an accordionist so anxious to get back to playing.

    • @usmanfazalkhan806
      @usmanfazalkhan806 2 роки тому

      How's your wrist now?? I also broke my 4rth metacatpal 5 weeks ago and had my cast removed today!! How much time post the 6 weeks does it takes to get back to normal??

  • @delso3968
    @delso3968 Рік тому

    THANK YOU SOOO VERY MUCH!!! I had my cast removed today I am sooo very stiff and in pain but your gentle mouvements helped a bit I just need to practice them regularly...thank you again

  • @meritacaushi3928
    @meritacaushi3928 10 місяців тому

    Thank you!!

  • @pennycoetzee2006
    @pennycoetzee2006 Рік тому

    Thanks so much for the videos
    Broke my ulna and radius and now I have a plate.i am seeing a physio therapist too. Just need to tell you that Your videos have been so helpful. Thanks so much, Penny

  • @janebarlow3911
    @janebarlow3911 2 роки тому +8

    I can’t thank you enough for this and your other videos! I got a plate and screws after a bad fall. My pinky looked like a hammer toe and was incredibly painful and stiff. 10 minutes of your stretches and my hand feels less stiff. I have hope my hand will eventually be restored to full motion!

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому

      You are welcome! It definitely takes time and persistence. You've got this!

  • @mp431
    @mp431 Рік тому

    @virtualhandcare Thank you so much for these exercises! I found your channel shortly after getting my cast removed. Since I had one broken wrist and a severe contusion on the other, I have been using this video along with some of your other wrist videos for both wrists, I usually don't notice a difference until a few hours or a day later, but the improvement on both wrists has been significant compared to what I saw without these exercises. Thank you!!!

  • @user-pi4gs5nw7c
    @user-pi4gs5nw7c 10 місяців тому

    The two videos that I saw were extremely helpful and very much appreciated. Thank you very very much. Regina Rysdyk

  • @vishalsharma121
    @vishalsharma121 2 роки тому +1

    Please make a video for full fist 🤛🏽 exercise after surgery

  • @christianesantoro257
    @christianesantoro257 Рік тому

    Thank you for your videos. I’m recovering from a broken wrist and they have been and are so valuable!!

  • @cockeyedoptimista
    @cockeyedoptimista Рік тому

    I noticed a typo in my comment where it said "though my wrist was broken" instead of "thought my wrist was broken." That may have been confusing.
    I came back to your video to work on my hand a little more, and wanted to comment on your gentle smile. It's very nice; you are sensitive and empathetic to the hand experience (of course?), even caring for the little pinky! Really, you cover everything!
    I'm just using video as a takeoff point now, since I'm fairly healed. Trying not to overdo at the same time. Still kind of sore because I am using my hand too much for texting and stuff and the doctor had told me devices are the worst until it's healed.
    The things you say make so much sense. Leaving the fingers relaxed when flexing/extending the wrist, for example. I hope I don't break or sprain my wrist again, but if I do, I know where to go. Wouldn't look any further. - No need to reply again. Hope you have a happy and prosperous New Year. - Happy viewer.

  • @charityawuku5324
    @charityawuku5324 Рік тому +3

    Great exercise here. I am enjoying the exercises even though I am in pain sometimes. It's going to stick here . Thank you so much.

  • @solvinkmathew8170
    @solvinkmathew8170 Рік тому

    Great

  • @bettygalimarlpo6594
    @bettygalimarlpo6594 9 місяців тому

    I have hypertension n my right hand have become still n loose.
    Thank you very much for the exercises

  • @suzannetudor6982
    @suzannetudor6982 Рік тому

    I sure find your calming voice and gentle exercises to be helpful. My fingers and knuckles are still swollen after removal of my cast yesterday.

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  Рік тому

      Thank you! Each day, week, and month will get better and better.

  • @music4life2341
    @music4life2341 Рік тому

    You are fantastic ☺️

  • @ismailkannur1947
    @ismailkannur1947 Рік тому

    first couple of days i tried this excercise by using wet cloth, it feels us more comfortable and relax to we can bend enough and enough fastly

  • @Miss_Michael4784
    @Miss_Michael4784 10 місяців тому

    Broke both wrists on July 1st. Plates installed on July 10th. Already switched to removable splints.Stitches removed yesterday. Wear splints while sleeping. Remove splints for wrist exercise. Iwas thinking I could stop the finger exercises as I have full finger motion. Realizing now that continuing the finger exercises will help the wrists. Pushing the exercises to the point of the pain.

  • @noahkennedy3855
    @noahkennedy3855 Рік тому +1

    3 years after breaking my wrist it is very painful .I will start those exercises. Have you any advise Thanks so much

  • @loisraffard1605
    @loisraffard1605 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for your excellent video. I broke my forearm I’m February and still trying to get my mobility back. I went to a month of sessions w a physiotherapist but did not start with hand and finger exercises. Your video is so well done. I’m glad I found your videos. Well done!

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому

      You are welcome! 🙏I am surprised you did not start with hand or finger exercises. Gotta get those fingers moving!

  • @ajikuttiyil8619
    @ajikuttiyil8619 2 роки тому +2

    Heyy Mam,
    How are you? Where r from? Iam from India myself Angel 18 years old I have one sister her name Olivia we like ur all videos full energetic nd smile, happy nd all ❤️ keep going mam God bless you abundantly
    😊

  • @p1dru2art
    @p1dru2art Рік тому +1

    Your videos are great but I have destroyed damaged all the tendons in my wrist without fracturing the bone

  • @annkader8253
    @annkader8253 Рік тому

    Thank you so much Michelle for this and your five thumb exercises. I’ve had a wrist fusion and cast off two days ago. I cannot believe how painful thumb is and can’t move it and how stiff and painful my hand is. Can’t do anything with it. But I found your videos which I can follow along with and you explain so clearly. You’re def an Angel and can now see there is hope.
    Don’t understand though why hand just goes back to be stiff after exercises. Guess that’s normal, I don’t know.
    Thank you so much again,
    Ann x😊

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  Рік тому +1

      You are welcome! The stiffness is likely because of the swelling. Active movement helps. Keep up the good work!

    • @annkader8253
      @annkader8253 Рік тому

      Thank you Michelle

  • @MrDuojet
    @MrDuojet 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Michelle.... I broke my wrist before Christmas and just had my cast removed. Will be starting physio next week. Found the exercises in this and another of your videos extremely helpful. Swelling has reduced, dexterity has improved and pain is subsidizing. Thank you for posting.

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому +1

      Happy to hear the videos are helping! Sending loads of strength as you continue to heal. 🙏

  • @stanfordpines972
    @stanfordpines972 Рік тому

    hi!! im doing this to try to help my wrists due to repetitve stress pain, how often shoukd i do strenthening excersizes for my wrists?

  • @k.sureshkumar1517
    @k.sureshkumar1517 2 роки тому

    Mam
    My left hand wrist broken and operated with a plate. One week gone and i am with grib band. Doctor advised to do some excercises. But more pain occurs. Your videos are useful.
    Can i get my previous normal hand movements?
    By doing these execercises?
    Subscribed...
    Thank you!

  • @1STBUCKLEY
    @1STBUCKLEY Рік тому

    Thanks. Have broken humerus and hand and forearm seized up. Have upper arm brace. 14weeks on, no operation. Wrist not fully working n I can't make a fist. 1st knuckle to fingertips not bending. Any exercises you can recommend

  • @KapricePupo
    @KapricePupo 5 місяців тому

    This was incredibly helpful. Just removed my splint today from surgery two weeks ago. One day I hope I can lift heavy weights again.

  • @ariefbudiman6489
    @ariefbudiman6489 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for the exercises instruction , my cast just removed a week ago. The fingers are beginning to look alive now, though I still have problem in thumb strength and numbness in little finger but I will follow this channel for more normal hands movement.

  • @halafayed5042
    @halafayed5042 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the great video. I felt improvements on the spot.
    My issue is that I couldn’t do the wrist forward movement 10:24. The doctor said the bones displaced when I had the cast. And to fix that, I should have a surgery to break the bone and put it back in the right place.
    Question: is it OK if I don’t do the surgery, or is it a must.

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому

      I cannot provide you medical advice and there is no way for me to know details about your wrist. Follow your doctor's recommendations or seek out another opinion by another doctor.

  • @TheMariposa67
    @TheMariposa67 2 роки тому +1

    I broke my left wrist dec 13 /21 doctor talked about surgery as an option but i decided not to do it I was in a splint for 2 weeks and 4 weeks in a cast. finally yesterday was removed . I found your channel and I love the way you explain the exercises. I can not do the rotation or circle but i will try them everyday . i will do my best, I have been so sad the last 3 weeks because the casts were so uncomfortable pain in my shoulder and elbow, but now i can extend my arm better, but not straighten it down i feel too much pressure :(

    • @greggdesmarais4050
      @greggdesmarais4050 2 роки тому +1

      Funny my Dr said same I said no, she was very upset. Looking for a big payday

  • @elenawilde5673
    @elenawilde5673 Рік тому

    Thankyou so much for your video content, I am a kinesthetic learner so to follow along with you is a godsend. Been learning so much while my wrist was in cast which brightened my spirit. Cast removed 2 weeks, I have distal radius and styloid ulna fracture- I recently experienced pulsing intense pain in wrist in short bursts, is pain a warning I'm overdoing stuff like driving etc. Yes! Never thought I'd be able to drive so soon, although only doing very short journeys.

  • @pratimdas5321
    @pratimdas5321 2 роки тому

    For how many days I have to do this exercises after cast removal?

  • @mariaplamadeala6695
    @mariaplamadeala6695 2 місяці тому

    Draga Michele la mine incai inflamata dupa gips se poate sa fac exercitii?Va multumesc anticipat.

  • @fallout2638
    @fallout2638 Рік тому

    Does using warm water help ...or should i use cold water ?

  • @RevolutioXxNx
    @RevolutioXxNx 9 місяців тому

    I'm 52 broke my wrist but bone is healing well. Out of a cast and told to do these exercises now. I still have lots of pain and I figure it will take me longer to heal my tendons and ligaments I stretched. Do I keep pushing myself even though it hurts really bad ? I'm doing my own physical therapy cause I can't afford to go somewhere.

  • @cockeyedoptimista
    @cockeyedoptimista Рік тому

    Do these apply to recovering from a sprain as well? I'm doing them gently after getting out of a two,week splint and they seem very useful. Thought my wrist was broken but it wasn't (yay- I guess). You are very pleasant and skilled. Edit: I just saw a typo in my comment where it had "though my wrist was broken" instead of "thought my wrist was broken." That may have been a little confusing.
    I came back to your video to work on my hand a little more, and I was going to comment on your gentle smile. It's very nice; you are sensitive to the hand experience, even caring for the little pinky. No need to answer again. Happy New Year.

  • @dinosagadal607
    @dinosagadal607 6 місяців тому

    After my cast was removed ive Been doing these exercises for 3 weeks. My thumb ang 2 long fingers can now function properly but my 2 smallest fingers still hurts. Is it normal? How long does the pain go away?

  • @user-lm1xf8lj8s
    @user-lm1xf8lj8s Рік тому

    After how many months can I lift weights in gym. I had wrist fracture and it's not stiff at all.

  • @kishanchakraborty810
    @kishanchakraborty810 2 роки тому

    Is it normal to not able to do that position where we lift drum bells at gym, after removing the plaster.???
    Cz, I am not able to rotate my hand properlt.

  • @mayanksapra6507
    @mayanksapra6507 20 днів тому

    On March 14 exactly 2 months ago I met with an accident which fractured the radius bone of my left hand's wrist. I got my cast removed 10 days ago. I am currently undergoing physiotherapy but my hand still hurts and I avoid lifting anything heavy. Any idea by when my hand will restore its strength and grip completely as it used to have before accident?

  • @saadfarooq877
    @saadfarooq877 2 роки тому

    Very Helpful!However,how many REP & How many times in a day are not mentioned!
    Subscribed!

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому

      10-15 reps, 2-3 times a day is typical however it’s different for everyone. Thanks for subscribing!🙏

  • @theresamartinezhr
    @theresamartinezhr Рік тому

    Do you have a video on what exercises to do while IN a cast?

  • @yippee2000
    @yippee2000 Рік тому

    Hi Michelle. I had a an acute, non-displaced, comminuted fracture of the distal radius. I had a cast on for six weeks and it was removed four days ago. While I have been doing a lot of various exercises I find that wrist extension is currently the most challenging for me, and at present I can barely do any extension at all. Is that common and/or to be expected at this point in my recovery, and considering what I have written here about my situation? Would it stand to reason that the actual swelling that is still present in the wrist area, combined with light bruising and some slight abrasion from the tight cast, might also explain this? And then as the swelling reduces, wrist extension should become easier? Note that in combination with the various PT/OT exercises, I am doing a lot of dry skin brushing in the direction towards my heart, and I am also massaging my entire arm, starting from the fingers, up the hand, wrist, forearm and trying to lightly push any fluid up towards the direction of my heart. Thank you!!

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  Рік тому

      It is extremely common to have limited wrist extension, actually all movements will feel restricted at only 4 days after cast removal. The swelling can limit motion too but the active movement can help move the fluid too. Continue to do the exercises and the light massage. Give it time! You've got this!

  • @Dehzee
    @Dehzee 2 роки тому

    Wow, thanks! Had wrist surgery, in Canada, there is no coverage for hands/wrists for anything beyond broken bones, so nobody would tell me any exercises to do after, and things just keep getting worse after the surgery.
    Doctors seem to get so mad when we turn to the internets, but I would be lost without this. I can't thank you enough. I am an artist and it is plunging depression not to be able to art since the surgery.
    Canada's medical insurance isn't quite as awesome as folk think.

  • @vishalsharma121
    @vishalsharma121 2 роки тому

    Please help with full first exercise... Can't do it... It's 1.6 year post surgery

  • @UrvashisKitchen3
    @UrvashisKitchen3 Рік тому

    I have difficulty in kneading dough after 15 days of cast removal of my wrist fracture.
    Should I knead a dough or stop ? Pls reply.
    I dont feel strength in my hands.

  • @Dani-mj2lh
    @Dani-mj2lh 8 місяців тому

    Day 1 be back tonight

  • @michelemariani8687
    @michelemariani8687 Рік тому

    I just did these exercises following along after cast removal and I just received my temporary cast after my reduction and my wrist feels so good just doing these ahead of getting my permanent cast. And I am so glad that I'm watching your videos because I will make sure that they place my cast below or at my distal Palmer. I am so glad I found you Michelle! Feeling so much better already ! Michele Mariani🤩

  • @p1dru2art
    @p1dru2art Рік тому

    With my tendon damage never any cast never any fracture can do damage only I am trying to do the finger movements that you're showing and I can get a move in when I'm in my warm Epsom salts after ice But the pain couple hours later it's so intense I got a hunch that the tendon's need more healing

  • @cheriescorner1347
    @cheriescorner1347 2 роки тому +1

    Could you do one for elbow? My elbow/hand cast just came off and I’m not sure where to start he just said ‘motion motion motion’

    • @VirtualHandCare
      @VirtualHandCare  2 роки тому +1

      Ugh! That doesn't really tell you much does it!. I do have a few elbow exercise videos. Here is a playlist of about 10 videos- ua-cam.com/play/PLBVEMTUsRUvJ0s-xD0qZ48kwpE53M_EfG.html

    • @cheriescorner1347
      @cheriescorner1347 2 роки тому

      @@VirtualHandCare thank you!!

  • @jithinphotofocuzz
    @jithinphotofocuzz Рік тому

    haii

  • @amandadrake9680
    @amandadrake9680 2 дні тому

    I'm a week away from 2 months in. Dr. Took cast off because fingers are unnormaly stiff.. I can't straiten all the way up and can't make a full fist. So he said o weight but do finger exercises. My question should I try and zip things too and any tips for me. I can't go to p.t. because a loved one has cancer. Please help me and thank you