I just saw that this video was 11 years old now and felt compelled to thank you. An ex showed this video to me almost 7 years ago now, and it's been a godsend because I'm the kind of person who would do gaming or arts or crafting for 8 hours straight with no break. Before I just accepted that my hyperfocus would cause me immense recoil pain, but after I was shown this video I either no longer feel the same pain or it's at least lessened. So, yeah, thank you for creating this amazing video that I come back to nearly every day. I wouldn't be able to still do the things I love without it. :)
You have no idea how much this absolutely helped me in just 10 mins. I had a stroke in Feb. 22' after having my baby. I needed a hand workout for my palm the most, OT wasn't understanding what I stressed about for months that I needed help to make my hand stronger with the fingers and palm. The instant feeling of my hand feeling almost normal again, it absolutely blew my mind. I'm so grateful you shared this video. It helped me tremendously. Thank you so much.
Wow, the thumb adductor stretch made a massive difference for me. I use a keyboard and mobile phone for work, and have multiple hand intensive hobbies (guitar, story writing, muay thai/boxing, cooking) and this just relieved all of my weekends soreness. Thank you!!
I do groundskeeping at my college and my fingers/wrists have been killing me lately. I found this video randomly on Google and I'm so thankful. My fingers that were in pain down in the knuckle area stopped almost immediately after finishing this routing about two times through. I've shared it to my family on social media and I'm going to check out the Full Neck Stretchig Routine next, definitely adding this finger/wrist/hand stretching to my daily stretches. Thank you so much, seriously.
Right! Haha. I saw him do it and then I tried it and had to stop very quickly before I was able to even do it fully once, it hurt so dang bad lol, had to go very slowly with it.
Thank you. Finally all week my fingers felt compressed and locked up. They're now free and feel active, just in time since I play pickup ball in 2 days 😀
man these stretches helped my hand become stronger and rip up my guitar more then i ever have before, and all that after a left hand injury! do these once a day and u see it for yourself........thanks!
this helps so much, and already by just doing this one time does my hands and wrists feel better. so thanks very much! the one thing that i myself really struggled with and couldn't really do, which i hope will get easier with time, is the first wrist suspension ones. i can't even really get my wrists do to that one? the others are fine, but this one really difficult? like especially the hand down facing away from the body - which is frustrating because i usually am able to stretch alright. anyone having similar troubs?
I have some upper arm pain and can really feel the pain area stretching with wrist extension II, the spiderman web shooting move. I did it like 6 times and now it feels a lot better and I can raise my arm a lot higher without pain. Wow!
Excellent stretching technique. I first went to Aaron Mattes around 1994 and have being doing active isolated stretching routine since. As Aaron said "its a way of life". I was playing Professional Beach Volleyball and began having back issues. Not anymore. I am also in the hairdressing profession and use this stretching you shared as a daily warm up routine as well as at the end of the day. I will share with those in my profession. Thanks.
thank you!!! I fractured my pinky and I found my mussels were effecting my circulation with the nerves from doing physical therapy . this was helpful to loosen things up and the circulation is improving.
Saw a vtuber using this for hand stretches on stream, works awesome, some of my arm and wrist muscules have been acting up so this is perfect for artists
cheers, thanks for the video , i have serious finger n hand pain due to drawing and painting a lot, and those stretchings are making my day happier Bro ! thanks again , and have a nice day !
This eased a severe hand cramp so much it wasn't even funny. Definitely a video I'm bookmarking and keeping in my back pocket for when the whittling, drawing, and painting start getting to my hands again.
Art student here! Just started college and have been doing art for almost 16 years, just recently my hands have been starting to hurt even after I put down my pencil and take a break! These stretches are making my very cramped artist hands very very happy! Thank you! ❤
That was so nice :) I don't think I've ever done hand stretches before until I saw a Pinterest last night about doing these every morning because of power in our hands and that hand stretches help
This was honestly very helpful~My fingers feel really good now ; v ; Thank you! Got to say this though, I turned my hand the wrong way to bend it back before I realized I was doing the exercise wrong LOL!
I didn't know I needed this until now. I have bipolar so I'm super aware when my arm wants to tense up, which in turn stresses me and causes some damage.
I can't believe how quickly my hand pain was reduced from doing these exercises only once! I use a computer mouse all day and knit, so my hands can suffer a lot of pain and stiffness at the end of the day. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Hey Josh, thanks for your question. Long held stretching is also good, but serves a different function. Short duration stretching is similar to strength training, using reps and sets to build a flexible strength. Also, this helps ingrain the motor control which builds athleticism. For pre-workout and even during your workout, short stretches are the way to go. When you want to do some crazy flexible stuff, definitely do PNF and long static stretching. Hope that this helps!
So, I draw, and I wanna implement this on my resting sessions between drawing sessions. One thing I wanna ask is, when I would stretch in a gym, I would take the stretching pose and stay on it for like, 60 seconds or something. You instead do this "on and off", kinda bouncing thing. Is this just for showing purposes on the video? or is that how you are supposed to do this stretching excercises?
This technique involves a 2 second stretch, repeated 10x. The idea is to build active strength/flexibility, and compliments your workout quite well...ofc, you can do long 60 second stretches at the end of your workout too, but before and during the workout, try the short duration stretch. Good luck! Let us know he it works
@@smartstretch Oh, intersting! Mhmm... well as I said my objective isn't exactly for a "workout" like lifting weights, just drawing, so I ain't sure if I would consider it a form of "workout". Nonetheless, thank you kindly for this videos they are really good as reference for how to stretch either way. You saved my hands, thank you.
For years, I have draw several hours per day, but until a few days ago I started to feel a little of pain on my hand. But, thanks to these stretching I feel so mucb better, so I´m really thankful!
Been working on a landscape project, using a chainsaw primarily. This sequence feels AWESOME afterwards. I think the project will move faster now, as I won't need as much downtime between shifts with the chainsaw.
Ahh thanks so much, i spent all day moving furniture around and painting my bedroom and I went to draw, but my wrist was too stiff. Helped a lot, thanks again!
Once your hands do this kind of stuff often that's just what happens, I remember my hands being stiff and getting strained after I use the keyboard, but now it's like it my hands are completely immune to carpel tunnel and strain because of how flexible they've become
the side of my palm away from my thumb is sore/ tender from drawing. I think ti was from gripping way too tight. I using a much lighter grip now. Anyways, which exercise would be best to target this part of my hand?
I thought my hands were pretty flexible till I saw this video....I don't know how you can bend your wrist back so much.. crazy. After one round this has been helpful with my hand tightness
as an artist you can image how much shit my hands go though i have a working pattern of 8 hours or more and my hands hurt just typing this this really helped and mt hand is relaxed as hell now
Damn, after following along with these stretches I immediately felt my hand loosen up and felt like I had better control over it because it wasn't so stiff. Glad I found this.
just deep cleaned the grout in my bathroom and wanted to draw afterwards but couldn't. now its almost as if I never made the floor blindingly clean. Thanks.
As an artist who has gotten multiple repetitive stress injuries in the past, I found this very helpful, and I'll definitely be using this in the future as well, after I've been drawing for a while.
I just saw that this video was 11 years old now and felt compelled to thank you. An ex showed this video to me almost 7 years ago now, and it's been a godsend because I'm the kind of person who would do gaming or arts or crafting for 8 hours straight with no break. Before I just accepted that my hyperfocus would cause me immense recoil pain, but after I was shown this video I either no longer feel the same pain or it's at least lessened. So, yeah, thank you for creating this amazing video that I come back to nearly every day. I wouldn't be able to still do the things I love without it. :)
I am a children's illustrator and am now using your stretches daily before beginning work. Thank you for sharing!
You have no idea how much this absolutely helped me in just 10 mins. I had a stroke in Feb. 22' after having my baby. I needed a hand workout for my palm the most, OT wasn't understanding what I stressed about for months that I needed help to make my hand stronger with the fingers and palm.
The instant feeling of my hand feeling almost normal again, it absolutely blew my mind. I'm so grateful you shared this video. It helped me tremendously. Thank you so much.
Same my story freind can u teach me u worked hard for hand movement please
Hello how often would you do this?
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cheers to you i love you i hope u are doing well! :)
Wow, the thumb adductor stretch made a massive difference for me. I use a keyboard and mobile phone for work, and have multiple hand intensive hobbies (guitar, story writing, muay thai/boxing, cooking) and this just relieved all of my weekends soreness. Thank you!!
Fermin, thanks for your message. That’s fantastic to hear that you are feeling relief after doing the thumb stretch. 👍
I do groundskeeping at my college and my fingers/wrists have been killing me lately. I found this video randomly on Google and I'm so thankful. My fingers that were in pain down in the knuckle area stopped almost immediately after finishing this routing about two times through. I've shared it to my family on social media and I'm going to check out the Full Neck Stretchig Routine next, definitely adding this finger/wrist/hand stretching to my daily stretches. Thank you so much, seriously.
No useless talking
Only stretches i love it!
that downward fist wrist stretch you did was inhuman dude. you crazy flexible
Right! Haha. I saw him do it and then I tried it and had to stop very quickly before I was able to even do it fully once, it hurt so dang bad lol, had to go very slowly with it.
i can do that...
yeah dude!
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Thank you. Finally all week my fingers felt compressed and locked up. They're now free and feel active, just in time since I play pickup ball in 2 days 😀
curious about the dynamic quick stretch component instead of holding the stretches - is there a reason for that? thank you great video!!!!
man these stretches helped my hand become stronger and rip up my guitar more then i ever have before, and all that after a left hand injury! do these once a day and u see it for yourself........thanks!
Very helpful . Would you please post also some stretching for digastricus and sternocleidomasteoideus ? Would be so great! Thank you
Noted, thanks for your suggestion!
@@smartstretch Wonderful!!! Many thanks!!
This is the first time I've heard to hold the stretch for only 2 seconds. Hopefully this will help. Thank you!
I always try to squeeze in some of these exercises after drawing or painting for a while! Thanks for this helpful vid :)
this helps so much, and already by just doing this one time does my hands and wrists feel better. so thanks very much! the one thing that i myself really struggled with and couldn't really do, which i hope will get easier with time, is the first wrist suspension ones. i can't even really get my wrists do to that one? the others are fine, but this one really difficult? like especially the hand down facing away from the body - which is frustrating because i usually am able to stretch alright. anyone having similar troubs?
This was incredibly helpful!
I am a programmer and usually spend at least 10 hours/day at the computer, the hands start to hurt as time passes.
I have some upper arm pain and can really feel the pain area stretching with wrist extension II, the spiderman web shooting move. I did it like 6 times and now it feels a lot better and I can raise my arm a lot higher without pain. Wow!
I have to say a big thank you to this video. I've been using it for years, and it's like it put my hand on original setups again, it's renewed!!
Excellent video, i have been doing this for about a week now and the difference in my wrist and fingers is very encouraging.
Thanks for this! Most videos will only demonstrate wrist flexion / extension, but finger and thumb stretches are more what I needed.
Thank you for this video, still very much useful 13 years later.
I really appreciate the straight forward simplicity of this video, it really relieved some pain. Thanks
Great video! These have helped with the pain I've been feeling in my hand, thank you!
can we make children do these exercises for better mobility and practices in dance?
Wow, this actually helped a lot! my wrists feels refreshed
Would you recommend this to a 38 yo woman who suffers from a pain in her thumb at the central part where it bends (only the right hand)? Thanks
I like this
I climb and training bouldering a lot.
God after a finger training campus board.
So I'm having these things that are fingers pain and do you know what I mean can you help me
Thanks for the stretches and straight forward delivery. These should help prevent bass injuries.
sorry using this for osu
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i had been in pain for HOURS and doing some of these stretches for a few seconds seriously helped out. thank you so much.
Excellent stretching technique. I first went to Aaron Mattes around 1994 and have being doing active isolated stretching routine since. As Aaron said "its a way of life". I was playing Professional Beach Volleyball and began having back issues. Not anymore. I am also in the hairdressing profession and use this stretching you shared as a daily warm up routine as well as at the end of the day. I will share with those in my profession. Thanks.
+eromo1976 thanks for sharing your AIS story and for your kind words. Such a wonderful technique, indeed a part of my life as well! 🙏
thank you!!! I fractured my pinky and I found my mussels were effecting my circulation with the nerves from doing physical therapy . this was helpful to loosen things up and the circulation is improving.
Gosh, thanks for this. Inking artwork does a number on my hand and this helped a ton.
So happy to know!
Thank you! I have hemochromatosis and this helped me stretch so I can go back to studying!
Wow, just doing the exercise while I was watching the video, helped me A LOT! I feel good already! Thank you so much!
So glad to know that the video helped! You put in the work!!!
Saw a vtuber using this for hand stretches on stream, works awesome, some of my arm and wrist muscules have been acting up so this is perfect for artists
Bangladea theke bolteci..amr hat pa sokto ki biyam korbo sir plz video den????😢
YES SIR! This video was soooo incredibly helpful! Like seriously!
cheers, thanks for the video , i have serious finger n hand pain due to drawing and painting a lot, and those stretchings are making my day happier Bro ! thanks again , and have a nice day !
thank you! really needed a video like yours
my wrists have been hurting for over a week now.
I just did this stretch on my right hand and my thumb soreness has reduced! It felt as I had a knot on my thumb (arm brace effect). Good video!
Can you do these stretches sitting down
fantastic!! i've been looking for this! i'm trying to learn ASL and can't move my dang fingers! thank you for this work!!
This eased a severe hand cramp so much it wasn't even funny. Definitely a video I'm bookmarking and keeping in my back pocket for when the whittling, drawing, and painting start getting to my hands again.
Why only 2 seconds vs 10-20 seconds as recommended for most stretching to achieve prolonged relief? Great video for a comprehensive stretch program.
Art student here!
Just started college and have been doing art for almost 16 years, just recently my hands have been starting to hurt even after I put down my pencil and take a break! These stretches are making my very cramped artist hands very very happy! Thank you! ❤
I always come back to this video. It resets my hands 😂 I love it!!
This is really good! I've never seen many of these exercises before.
I'm seeing comments from others doing this for Osu, but I'm gonna do this whenever I play Apex Legends and other competitive games on my PC.
All my instrument players and popping dancer have been blessing this man really hard
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That was so nice :) I don't think I've ever done hand stretches before until I saw a Pinterest last night about doing these every morning because of power in our hands and that hand stretches help
Spent all day drawing for and art project, followed your vid and my hands feel great thanks!
This was honestly very helpful~My fingers feel really good now ; v ; Thank you!
Got to say this though, I turned my hand the wrong way to bend it back before I realized I was doing the exercise wrong LOL!
+Warily Whimsical I am happy to hear that the hand sequence helped. It is definitely one of my favorites, so easy and really does the trick!
I didn't know I needed this until now. I have bipolar so I'm super aware when my arm wants to tense up, which in turn stresses me and causes some damage.
I’m so glad this video showed up in my FB feed. I’m 9 months post stroke and wish I’d seen this before. Anyway, it’s now part of my daily routine ❤️
Is it good to press your palm down on a lacrosse ball to massage the hand?
I can't believe how quickly my hand pain was reduced from doing these exercises only once! I use a computer mouse all day and knit, so my hands can suffer a lot of pain and stiffness at the end of the day. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Whats the reason for only recommending very short duration holds? I thought longer 30s holds were more effective?
Hey Josh, thanks for your question. Long held stretching is also good, but serves a different function. Short duration stretching is similar to strength training, using reps and sets to build a flexible strength. Also, this helps ingrain the motor control which builds athleticism. For pre-workout and even during your workout, short stretches are the way to go. When you want to do some crazy flexible stuff, definitely do PNF and long static stretching. Hope that this helps!
thank you for this video!its very straightforward and helps artists a lot!! keep up the good work!!
So, I draw, and I wanna implement this on my resting sessions between drawing sessions.
One thing I wanna ask is, when I would stretch in a gym, I would take the stretching pose and stay on it for like, 60 seconds or something. You instead do this "on and off", kinda bouncing thing. Is this just for showing purposes on the video? or is that how you are supposed to do this stretching excercises?
This technique involves a 2 second stretch, repeated 10x. The idea is to build active strength/flexibility, and compliments your workout quite well...ofc, you can do long 60 second stretches at the end of your workout too, but before and during the workout, try the short duration stretch. Good luck! Let us know he it works
@@smartstretch Oh, intersting! Mhmm... well as I said my objective isn't exactly for a "workout" like lifting weights, just drawing, so I ain't sure if I would consider it a form of "workout". Nonetheless, thank you kindly for this videos they are really good as reference for how to stretch either way.
You saved my hands, thank you.
Will this work for people who rock climb and have elbow issues
For years, I have draw several hours per day, but until a few days ago I started to feel a little of pain on my hand. But, thanks to these stretching I feel so mucb better, so I´m really thankful!
Thank you but why only in underpants?
Thank you very much for the video, it was straight to the point and helping.
Awesome! But you could have put some trousers on...!
This is great for me now starting 3d modeling and being stuck with my hand on my mouse for hours at a day
Holy crap dude my mouse hand was hurting so much from holding a mouse all day. THis helped a lot. Thanks!
So glad the video helped!
That was very helpful considering I work as a massage therapist, thanks!
Which one these exercises is more subtle for hand mobility? Moreover, is there a difference between a wrist and hand?
Been working on a landscape project, using a chainsaw primarily. This sequence feels AWESOME afterwards. I think the project will move faster now, as I won't need as much downtime between shifts with the chainsaw.
my ulnar and median nerve are not working properly how can I improve those two.. 😃
Ahh thanks so much, i spent all day moving furniture around and painting my bedroom and I went to draw, but my wrist was too stiff. Helped a lot, thanks again!
i need to try this, I draw comics and do bouldering as well
Is it not necessary to hold the hand equal to shoulder height
I've had 1:36-1:44 covered for years without even knowing!
Thank You artist gamer and attention to detail worker here
This freaks me out to watch.. that guy's wrists are soooooo damn flexible. Every time he does something I just flinch.
Same feeling lol
That's so funny, I didn't even realize my wrist was flexible....
Once your hands do this kind of stuff often that's just what happens, I remember my hands being stiff and getting strained after I use the keyboard, but now it's like it my hands are completely immune to carpel tunnel and strain because of how flexible they've become
the side of my palm away from my thumb is sore/ tender from drawing. I think ti was from gripping way too tight. I using a much lighter grip now. Anyways, which exercise would be best to target this part of my hand?
can this widen your palm and fingers?
Literal heaven doing these
I thought my hands were pretty flexible till I saw this video....I don't know how you can bend your wrist back so much.. crazy. After one round this has been helpful with my hand tightness
as an artist you can image how much shit my hands go though
i have a working pattern of 8 hours or more and my hands hurt just typing this
this really helped and mt hand is relaxed as hell now
As an artist? Calm down don't work to hard
Is this good for rock climbers ?
Hello can i use your pitcures for my final thesis?
Yeah, straight forward delivery is very much appreciated! Too many like to fill with fluff! Wrist were hurting, but now feels great! Thanks!!
Dude so much good info but I can't watch.. Your wrist is so flexible it gives me shivers
*There's a good hand ex program in **_Treat Your Own Hand and Thumb Arthritis_** at Amazon.*
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this is great, just been doing some drawing and having hand muscles be uncomfortable is v unpleasant and a bit unsettlig tbh. thanks
What's the point of not holding the stretch? I thougth all stretches needed to be held for 30seconds or more to have an effect.
oh man these stretches are a real blessing for my stiff muscles, thanks!
Thanks so good to hear!
This really helped a really bad pull I got in my basketball game! Thanks!
This video really helped me out. Thank you so so much!! I just love how helpful this is and straight to the point. Thanks!!!
I'm trying to get carpal tunnel under control..this may help
Damn, after following along with these stretches I immediately felt my hand loosen up and felt like I had better control over it because it wasn't so stiff. Glad I found this.
Super easy and effective!!
Need this for myself. I repeat this 4 times, twice for each hand: 1:20
I'm a balloon twister. Just going through this once makes my hands feel so much better.
Getting twisted!
just deep cleaned the grout in my bathroom and wanted to draw afterwards but couldn't. now its almost as if I never made the floor blindingly clean. Thanks.
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Why is it important to stretch our wrist/hands/fingers?
As an artist who has gotten multiple repetitive stress injuries in the past, I found this very helpful, and I'll definitely be using this in the future as well, after I've been drawing for a while.
How have you been doing?