Improve Arm & Hand Movement with a Gentle, Real-Time 20-Minute Workout
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In this video, I walk you through 10 gentle arm and hand exercises. These exercises are in the category of "gravity-eliminated exercises" meaning we are in positions to let gravity help us with these movements rather than fighting it. While these can be used by most stroke survivors, they're especially good for survivors who have at least a small amount of movement of their affected arm but difficulty moving through full range of motion. I go through 2 sets of 10 for each exercise.
Remember that everyone is starting from a different place so there’s no shame if you need to pause and stop. One last reminder: always stop if these movements become painful!
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:38 Shoulder Flexion
2:59 Shoulder Extension
5:05 Shoulder Abduction
7:33 Shoulder Rotation
9:31 Elbow Flexion/Extension
11:29 Forearm Supination/Pronation
13:43 Wrist Flexion/Extension
16:14 Finger Flexion/Extension
18:24 Finger Abduction/Adduction
20:26 Thumb Flexion/Extension
22:57 Outro
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Medical Disclaimer: All content on this channel is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as a substitute for medical advice or treatment from a physician or qualified healthcare provider. Talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise or therapy regimen.
I'm 6 years post stroke,still recovering. I found your videos so helpful, feeling good 😌 watching and practicing att same time. Thank you. Don't stop. Yes, want t more videos/exercises like this❤😊🙏 I love all your videos
I’m 9.5 years post stroke and still recovering. I really like your videos and I’m planning to follow them. ❤
It’s feel so good to hear and watch your vids . Your voice is so calm amad gently . I’m sure that you are a great therapist that I would love to work with. . 🌷🌷🌷❤️🌷
Thank you so much for sharing the above video. You are a real inspiration ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the video, it is really useful my son had brain tumor removed after that his Left hand and left leg become week .I found your video and it is really helpful, please keep making videos like this only consider my polite suggestion that is,allow your followers to do exercises with you which mean repeat exercises and they can do it with you like they are with a occupational therapist. Thanks once again
Thank you. I will add this video to my routine!
I love all of your videos. I had a stroke in mid November and I find that extremely helpful. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this type of video. It’s really helpful to spend time focusing on specific affected parts of my body. I find it’s helpful for my brain to mirror the movements with my unaffected hand and arm when possible. I’m 6 1/2 months post stroke and have regained a lot of movement thanks to practicing with your help. I still have a long way to go so thank you for providing motivation with your excellent videos!!
Great video, keep they coming. I don’t have any wrist movements, 3 % of hand movements, it’s been a rough go but please keep it coming.
Thankyou so much for this video Elyse, I do this everyday & it’s helped me in such an inculcate way I couldn’t thank you enough 💞🌺
Wouldn’t mind more videos like this at all 💫
@alisonquadros, So glad that this video is helping you! 😊 Thank you for the feeback, too!
Excellent teaching skills. Thank you so much. 💓
Thank you very much Dr.Elyn.your exercises i amsure will help me a lot to improve my arm and hand after 6 mos stroke.
Excellent video doctor thanks a lot.
Thanks ma'am for sharing exercise
Thank you
Yes! More hand and finger exercises!
Dr, i love to watch your videos. You explain both patiently and show how to go about the same. True wish we could take physio. Under a gem of a person like you. You give us a feel good factor, and yes a positive perspective that yes we will get well soon
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm really glad you're finding my videos helpful! 😊
Thank you for your help
Good video. I have learned somethings new.
Your exercises are excellent for me
Thank you Dr.Elyse
@ma.cristinaceles, you’re so welcome
Awesome video. I got it hard with arm stretch to the back
excellent
U have helped me sooo much thanks 🙏🏽
@hemasookram, I’m so glad❤️ you are so welcome!
You're brilliant out of any Physio here on youtube....Thank you so much for sharing your ideas...!
Wow, thank you for your kind words. I don't know if I'd say that but I'm happy to share what I know :)
@@PostStrokeOrg It's very beneficial for young physios like me to learn from your experience..! Please share as much as you know..❤😇 Lots of prayers for you
Great content. Subscribed - Thank you
@alexdeem, Hey, thanks so much! Glad you're finding it worthwhile! 😊
Thanks!
Thank you SO much for your contribution to Post Stroke ❤️❤️
I have worked with all your videos , most days,since last year, great thank you, inspirational. Now I am walking, no prob. Thank you
I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing with me! 😊
Helpful! Inspirational for me🎉❤😊
I’m a first timer .love your videos. Will do them every day! Thanks so much.
Of course! 🙂
Thank you po and GOD bless!
@ericksoncet, You are so welcome :)
These exercises were very helpful.
I'm so glad! 😊
Yes. I. Needed your. Next. Vedio please
Good exercises!
#helenogden Thank you so much! Glad you're finding them helpful!
I enjoy your videos. I have been doing daily exercises using 2 of your videos. How can I get my fingers on the affected hand to respond and function normally again? Thank you.
thank you for the video i do this exercise video everyday.
So glad to hear it! I hope you're seeing some progress :)
So nice video,keep it up doctor mam.
@manishgaikwad, Thank you so much! I plan on it :)
This video is incredible! I'm about one year post-stroke and I have good movement, it's just not very pure -- spasticity and tone tend to always get in the way. I will probably do the exercises in this video every day until I see the results I need.
@mingjiawang, Thank you so much for the kind words! Let me know how your progress is going 😊💪
@@PostStrokeOrg I’ll keep you updated! I also just saw your morning email about tremors - as my stroke was in the basal ganglia, I face a ton of hypertonicity and movement issues in general. Every little bit helps.
@mingjiawang ❤️
I do this exercise video everyday. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! Keep it up :)
Thank you for this. I currently don't have the ability to move the wrist or fingers, but can do the arm ones. so I will save this one. do you have a video to help get the wrist & fingers moving?
@pameladavies, You are so welcome. So you've maybe heard the phrase, "Proximal stability for distal mobility." I would encourage you to keep working out your shoulder blades, shoulder, and elbow in order to continue building that proximal stability.
If you don't have any movement at all in the wrist or fingers, you can do a couple of things!
First, engage in some mental practice activities, where you think about and visualize yourself moving your wrist and fingers. This can actually help to stimulate the part of the brain that controls that movement as though your wrist and fingers were actually moving.
Second, go ahead and try the wrist/finger exercises, even if you don't get any movement. The goal in the beginning won't actually be movement, but rather to get the brain stimulated to try and start remaking neural connections back to your wrist/fingers!
I hope this helps :)
@@PostStrokeOrg Thank you so much! I will certainly try that
Great video elyse 😂
Nice exercise if you can move your arm!,
I am so grateful for the excercises but pls my bicep is the hindrance for my arm movement what should I do?
Thank you for this other great video. The only problem I've got is the increase of spasticity with some exercises.
@nicolasst-laurent, You are so welcome! Yes, spasticity can definitely kick in with these. I'm planning on making a video that includes weights that you may find helpful both for strengthening and spasticity. And I do have a stretching video for arm/hand spasticity (which incorporates some range of motion) that you could incorporate as well: ua-cam.com/video/_ELCjpovYTk/v-deo.html
Hope this helps :D
Pls can we have more exercises on these .Thanks
If you look through my Stroke Recovery Exercise playlist, you'll find lots of different arm and finger workouts!
Link to the playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLCFErTBkcJJjDB4jkKEvcZg7V5H0dXZEO.html
And one thing it's very hard to move my left hand..thank you
I feel bad coz u always start at right hand , i' m suffering left hand stroke, that's why can follow easyly thank you , your voice nicely hear clearly
@duncantanega, You can still use these exercises even if your left side is affected! Just try the exercises with your left hand instead of exactly following me in the video 😊
So sorry as I can't lift my arm up yet, what to do about it thank you
Is these exercises good after the surgery for tennis elbow?
Siga postando os videos! Te desejo muita sorte com o canal! Siga firme com os viideos!
Um abraço e até mais!
Muito obrigado! Eu pretendo continuar. Os sobreviventes precisam de melhores recursos e planejo entregar. Um grande abraço de volta para você!
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How do spine spastic,and neck stiffness exercise
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My affected arm is very hard to move especially my hands..what can you suggest Mam?
Hola me gustan mucho sus videos . Necesito rutinas de ejercicios para mano mi hijo tiene tres años con una hemiplejia derecha y no tiene función en su mano tiene espasticidad no tan severa siempre ha tenido terapeuta ocupacional aún así no logra abrir la mano.Por favor me ayudaría mucho saber que puedo hacer que sea lo correcto en neurorehabilitacion.Todo esto es producto de un TEC severo.Gracias saludos
@susanacardena,I'm sorry to hear about your son but hope he is continuing to make progress! I have several videos about improving hand function. You may find the one about mirror therapy helpful as you don't need any hand movement to do it! Here's one on how to set-up a mirror therapy session at home: ua-cam.com/video/c8bXx1pA_Iw/v-deo.html and here's a real-time session he can practice along with: ua-cam.com/video/5zwsN44wQbQ/v-deo.html
How to get open the fingers of effected hand
Thank you Dr
@khaledabdelhak, You are so welcome :)
So with exercise 6 palms up and down what is the best way to stretch to get movement for palm up?
@nikkiepperson, If you're having trouble moving into palm up, you can take your unaffected hand and gently turn your affected palm up by moving your forearm at the wrist. As is my general recommendation, don't push through pain!
I'm in my mid 30s. I have an arm range issue, unable to raise above my shoulder height. What would be the best excercises?
@tharshanabala, Thank you so much for commenting. It's difficult for me to give specifics because I don't know your specific situation. However, as a general rule, if you've been approved by your doctor to exercise and move within your full range of motion, actively moving your affected arm is the best thing you can do. Use it as much as you can with daily tasks (think dressing, bathing, cooking, cleaning, etc). Our brains like familiar activities and we see neuroplastic changes when we do things that are important to us!
@@PostStrokeOrg thank you 🤗
which is better. lying on our affected side. or not lie in on the affected side. pls advise
Could you clarify your question for me? Do you mean at night while sleeping?
@@PostStrokeOrg Yes while sleeping at night. Should a stroke patient avoid sleeping on his stroke affected side.
@@PostStrokeOrg Yes while sleeping at night. Should a stroke patient avoid sleeping on his stroke affected side.
great but every move related to shoulder should make the palms up
I only get 1vid a week& no access to blog or ebook?.
@dimills, I don't currently keep my blog updated. But if you're wanting to get access to the email list and ebook, you can sign up here: post-stroke.org/links/ Scroll to the bottom and you'll see the sign up form. You'll need to make sure you confirm your subscription in order to start receiving emails and get access to the ebook!
I wanted to do it but my hand and arm is too heavy and my shoulder is painful.pls! help....
@zoraydabantoto, You benefit from starting with mirror therapy. Check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/5zwsN44wQbQ/v-deo.html
I cant move ,because of spacity Help pléase
Wrist movement is minimal. Forearm supinational/pronation is minimal. My active hand helps the weak hand......
That's okay! Like I state at the very beginning, everyone's at a different place and there's no shame wherever you are!
I'm going to copy below what I wrote on another comment that I think applies here, too!
Engage in some mental practice activities, where you think about and visualize yourself moving your wrist and fingers. This can actually help to stimulate the part of the brain that controls that movement as though your wrist and fingers were actually moving.
Second, go ahead and try the wrist/finger exercises, even if you don't get any movement. The goal in the beginning won't actually be movement, but rather to get the brain stimulated to try and start remaking neural connections back to your wrist/fingers!
I hope this helps :)
Fine exercise mom. Show elbow and wrist fingers
@katttavenkateshwarlu, :)
Why is everything so hard, when nothing is physicaly wrong😔
your exercises are not realistic because you did not have a stroke. You should have a real stroke patient to show the difficulty and realness of how hard it is for the person who is watching .
There's others post stroke who've had improvement with these exercises.... they've commented. Sorry for your situation. I have Systemic scleroderma and sclerodactyly to hands and polymyositis. This is nice video
Thank you
@hannahy, You are so welcome! ❤️
I am doing your exercise only one I can do this thumb abduction I can feel that my all fingers moving from inner side